Nose gear maintenance

[Dave S]

Today I decided to take the nose gear fork off and clean up the all the bugs, dirt & misc grunt that I have apparently dragged the nose wheel through.....

Going on year six since the build and hadn't pulled the fork off till now. What suprised me a bit was the appearance of the beginnings of some light corrosion on the tube the nose wheel fork rotates on....... Looks like the kind of stuff that would get out of hand if ignored too long.

Curious if anyone else has had this happen?

The bellville washers were in good shape; but, it looks like the oil/grease partially dried out inside and lost it's propection for the tube. Everything cleaned up real nice and I decided to use a generous supply of marine water resistant grease when assembling.

Prior to disassembly there was no indication of the fork stiicking and it worked just as it should.

Any ideas on what is a good interval for maintaining this assembly?

Sincerely,

Dave S
KF 7 Trigear
912ULS Warp Drive

St Paul, mn

[Av8r3400]

Another item for the annual condition inspection: Disassemble, inspect and service nose gear strut

[kitfox5v]

Remove and install on the tail.

[Dave S]

Remove and install on the tail.

You know...That could do it!

Dave s

[HighWing]

Remove and install on the tail.

Needed a laugh, got a laugh. Thanks.

[Paul Z]

Remove and install on the tail.

That's what just had done. However, now you have tail wheel maintenance.

[Esser]

Looks great Paul!

[Paul Z]

Esser, thanks for the compliment. But thanks goes to John & Judd at Kitfox Factory. They do great work. Now to get a few more hours of Stick & Rudder before I head home.