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Nosewheel Refurbish |
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If you compare the Gerdes nosewheel to the
main gear
wheels from Matco, well, there's no comparison. This thing just
doesn't look like something I should mount on my plane, with all due respect
to the manufacturer. When I heard the
Cozy
Girrrls were doing refurbishments of these wheels, including some basic
machining/truing, installation of a bearing spacer, etc. I said sign me up. |
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So, I took some 'before' shots of the wheel so I could
compare. Nothing too fancy here, just a shot of the wheel from a
couple of angles so we can do the comparison after it comes back. |
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I was told on Friday the wheel is done, cost me $68.50 with
shipping. I sent my check out on Saturday, along with the release.
I hope to have pictures up here in the next week of the finished wheel. |
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Wow! Looks great. I finally got around to
posting the pictures I took when the wheel came back. |
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Yes, the other side looks just as good. |
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But here's the important part, that little spacer that goes
in between the bearings. Precision machined to be the right width to
allow the bearings to stay snug and parallel. The wheel also comes
back with a page of instructions on how to renew that fit once the bearings
wear a bit, if needed. |
| Nice work, girrrls..... |
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