https://backcountrypilot.org/knowledge- ... -alignment

Our resident gearbox-out-the-bottom guy AEROPOD wrote a great guide to Cessna main gear alignment a while back here in the forum. I felt it was a good addition to the Knowledge Base.

It's lacking photo documentation though, so if anyone has some photos that might match what's going on in this article, I'd appreciate them.

Thanks!

What is the prescribed torque for the bolts pressing the wedges to the outer brackets?

I never saw that article, guess I missed when he posted it.
An excellent read & very informative.
Thanks Tony for writing it, and thanks Zane for posting the link.
BTW I didn't see the writers name anywhere on that linked page.
You might want to add that?

hotrod180 wrote:BTW I didn't see the writers name anywhere on that linked page.
You might want to add that?

Like all the Knowledge Base format pages, click on the References tab to show who wrote it and where assets and information was sourced from.

I'll try to do some digging tomorrow Z

Good stuff. Thank you

[email protected] wrote:What is the prescribed torque for the bolts pressing the wedges to the outer brackets?

Standard torque for an AN4 in tension as far as I know. I've never seen a different torque specified for them. The important thing to remember is the bolts aren't there to draw the wedge in to place, they are only there to hold them after the wedge has been seated with light taps from a hammer.

Thx Aeropod.
Brgds to you and your dad.

AEROPOD wrote:I'll try to do some digging tomorrow Z

Struck out so far, sorry Zane...

AEROPOD wrote:

AEROPOD wrote:I'll try to do some digging tomorrow Z

Struck out so far, sorry Zane...

No worries, maybe this thread will attract some people who did take pics or are going to.

Contact me if you are one of those.

Anyone happen to snap a pic during gear alignment? Still looking for a captivating photo to snare the eyeballs...

Thanks.

Excellent article, thanks!!!

As to photos, during this process, there is generally a fair bit of cursing, and such, but taking photos hardly ever occurs to participants, in my experience.....

MTV

mtv wrote:Excellent article, thanks!!!

As to photos, during this process, there is generally a fair bit of cursing, and such, but taking photos hardly ever occurs to participants, in my experience.....

MTV

You never know in this age of social media... "I simply MUST share this to my followers..."

I am doing a wheel alignment on a 185 tomorrow have done quite a few wil take some photos. I know usually takes me about 3 to 4 hrs on average.plane is in a good place to lift up because he puts floats on .perliminare checking it is toed in to much on grease plates

Cub180 wrote:I am doing a wheel alignment on a 185 tomorrow have done quite a few wil take some photos. I know usually takes me about 3 to 4 hrs on average.plane is in a good place to lift up because he puts floats on .perliminare checking it is toed in to much on grease plates

Awesome. Thanks Dieter. If you need to you can email them directly to me zane@