It' imperative that you re-tighten the axle nuts after the first 50 km or
so and than periodically recheck every year (or more often depending how
much you're using it).
I forgot doing so and the wheel became loose, damaging my bearings and I
would have lost a wheel if a friend hadn't checked my trailer.....
You can check easily yourself when you lift one side and try to move the
wheel in its vertical plane. There should'nt be any play or strange
noises!
Klaus
tighten the axle nuts as per instructions and grease generously.
113-23@auswaertiges-amt.de wrote:
> Thank God nothing happened to your aeroplane !
>
> This type of incident has been waiting to happen. When you look at
> the load and the rpm the trailer wheels are subjected to it comes
> out that these are one of the most critical parts of your whole
> airplane project.
>
> It teaches us, that the trailer needs to be built carefully - e.g.
> tighten the axle nuts as per instructions and grease generously.
>
> Within the first 100 km of the trailer I'd suggest everyone checks
> frequently for high temps, strange noise and good fit of the wheels.
>
> I trailered my Europa for 1600 km in one week (for display @ Oshkosh
> 1995) without problems - the parts of the trailer are commercial
> quality - but it is amateur-assembled. I've never greased a wheel
> bearing before and fortunately had an engineer show me: PACK IT
> WITH GREASE !
>
> Good luck with your plane for the future, I'm glad she survived
> the mishap.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> <Thomas, N81EU>
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