Return-Path: Received: from mailhub.cpro.co.za ([196.37.249.19]) by truman.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.1 release 219 ID# 0-52269U2500L250S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 00:25:27 -0500 Received: from default ([196.37.249.81]) by mailhub.cpro.co.za (Netscape Messaging Server 3.5) with SMTP id 271 for ; Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:44:21 +0200 Message-ID: <000601be6ddb$d5dc42c0$51f925c4@default> Reply-To: "Pine Pienaar" From: "Pieter Pienaar" To: "LancairList" Subject: LC20 Gear door attach pin Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 07:30:54 +0200 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Hi How important is it to have the gear door attach pin parallel to the gear weldment?? Pine Pienaar pine@cpro.co.za Lancair 360 #664 [Pine, I assume you are referring to the outer gear door hinge... I would say that the critical alignment issue with that hinge is relative to the gear door cutout as opposed to the fore-aft member of the weldment. You must insure that the hinge is perpendicular to your gear door cutout, referenced to the straight legs of the coutout that run spanwise from the outboard end inboard. If your hinge isn't square to those lines you may experience some binding of the door in its opening when the gear are cycled. The little turnbuckle that you manufactured which attaches the door to the weldment should self-align if the hinge and weldment aren't parallel. I hope this helps. ]