I Know its prob. been beat to death but whats the biggest tire to be run on the HD nose fork, like whats on a R172K? there is one at our airport with a 6.00 nose and 7.00 mains. Whats required to sign it off on our 172K?

Thanks guys

Tom

R172K's where made from 77 - 81. They all have the regular fork. Older model R172's are the military version (t-41 mescalero) some had the heavy duty gear and spring gear. The regular R172K's did not have the HD gear option.

I am also looking to put a HD fork on mine.

its off a 1967 R172E

Tom

It has been discussed at length, but I don't want to discourage it because it's a highly valuable topic. Rather than wait for replies to roll in on this thread though, I suggest doing a Google search constrained to backcountrypilot.org. Here's the link:

http://www.google.com/search?q=172+fork+site%3Abackcountrypilot.org