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Just before taking to the air in
my Legacy the other day, I got staring at the left main wheel, and realized it
looked funny because it was toed out several degrees. Sorta
duck-footed. Quick panic -- couldn't imagine what broke inside the main
strut.
Ross got me calmed down, and
told me to just loosen the four bolts at the top of the curved wheel carrier,
and twist the wheel into alignment. Well, silly me! I had
assumed, since those four bolts were installed at the factory, that they would
be aligned and tight. All four were loose! I was able to re-align
the wheel without even jacking the plane. The bolts, needless to say, are
now tight and marked. Need I add that the four on the other main were
loose also?
It's the sort of embarassing
oversight that's all too easy to commit. I had noticed some weird tracking
on takeoff and landing. No wonder. Glad I didn't end up in the
weeds.
As an aside, I've just installed
a JPI EDM-900. Very nice! The wiring harness is very well done, and
installation, although time-consuming because of the number of sensors involved,
is pretty easy. The display is very readable and the layout is good.
Two caveats: You have to specify what labels you want on three of the bar
graphs (OAT, L and R Fuel Qty are the usual) or else you'll get a display screen
with those graphs not labelled. This is certainly not clear from their web
site or literature. Second, you will need a laptop computer to completely
configure it the first time. Also not made clear in any of their
literature.
Jim Cameron
Legacy N121J
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