Progress on the landing gear
I heard from Van’s today. There was mixed opinions in Van’s engineering dept. as to whether the 2.8 degree shim was too much shimming. Ultimately, to play it on the safe side it was decided that they would ship me a new left gear leg. I opted to pay for second day shipping ($$$$$) so I can get things moving again. The gear leg should be here Thursday. This evening, I uninstalled the left gear leg from the aircraft in preparation for for the new one. On the bench I tested the gear leg for twist. According to my digital level I read a 2.15 degree twist. It does confirm that a significant portion of toe-in was the gear leg itself. With a new gear leg without a twist I should be well within tolerance.
The left gear leg removed from the aircraft
"Zeroed" out the level on the flat part of the gear leg
Reading 2.15 sitting on the flat part of the axle
