Hi! Danny,
After a number of slight mishaps it is necessary to be able to Jack as close
as possible to where the gear legs go up into the fuselage. I now have two
pieces of quality wood 7.5"x2.5" each 0.75" thick screwed together. On one
side I have a neat hole 1.25" diameter spot faced 0.25" deep cut for it's
outside diameter to be 0.5" from the edge and in the middle of the timber
fore and aft.
Then on the other side I've scalloped out an area (cross hatched on the
photo)to allow the assembly to fit very close into the inboard of the gear
leg. This ensures two things:-
a) the wood transfers the jack loads into the gear leg socket
b) allows a 1 tonne caravan jack head to fit into the side which is spot
faced without slipping off.
Note there may be a weight and balance factor with different models and it
is only possible to do one wheel at a time, with nose wheel and remaining
main gear wheel well chocked.
The wood is light to carry as permanent kit since it should be possible to
find someone with a suitable jack wherever you are.
Made symmetrically will work for port and starboard wheels.
It could be slightly improved by fashioning out the unpainted flat face (or
upper surface) to a hollow to better fit the gear leg socket form.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of danny shepherd
Sent: 19 February 2010 13:23
Subject: Europa-List: wheel removal
<danny@mcwalterscafe.co.uk>
Hi All,
I have to remove the wheels on my tri gear to grease them for
the annual. It only seems like yesterday she had her first flight :-( .
The nose wheel is obvious & easy, but what have other tri gear drivers
done to remove the mains? ie jacking, lifting the wing, using the engine
lift. I have sorted a few methods, but would appreciate the wealth of
knowledge from the forum .
Cheers Danny G-ceri
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