Wheels – RV-14A

Finish, gear installation

Fuselage on first (lower) sawhorse on its way up to the taller one for gear installation.

Fuselage ready for gear installation.

Left main gear installed and axle ready for wheel mounting.

Left main gear, wheel, and tire installed.

Torquing those gear attachment bar nuts.

Thanks, Jean, Alex, and Paul for all the great work and assistance today; much appreciated! — with Alex Cole.

Right axle with brake torque plate incorrectly positioned. I didn’t catch this until after the wheel and tire were installed.

It’s all fixed now, but I need to order another large cotter pin.

Nose gear leg installed and ready for the fork.

Nose gear leg installed and ready for the fork.

Nose gear fork, wheel, and tire installed.

On the gear!!

On the gear!!

Finish, components continued…

I swapped the Van’s-supplied (incorrect) nosewheel with the proper one from Matco and picked up their axle kit, too. Shown ready for disassembly here.

The nosewheel & axle have been taken apart and the tube is ready to go into the tire.

All done here and ready to mount on the airplane. The bearings were greased, of course, before final assembly with the axle.

Finish, components assembly

Main gear wheels fresh out of the box.

Main gear wheels have been split here, their brake discs separated, and their bearing/washer/felt assemblies removed. Tires and tubes await installation.

Here the tires, tubes, wheel halves, and brake discs have been assembled, torqued, and inflated. The wheel bearings await cleaning, greasing, and installation.