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    Default Nose gear maintenance

    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,

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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

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

    Remove and install on the tail.
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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    Quote Originally Posted by kitfox5v View Post
    Remove and install on the tail.

    You know...That could do it!

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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    Quote Originally Posted by kitfox5v View Post
    Remove and install on the tail.
    Needed a laugh, got a laugh. Thanks.
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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    Quote Originally Posted by kitfox5v View Post
    Remove and install on the tail.
    That's what just had done. However, now you have tail wheel maintenance.
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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    Looks great Paul!

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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    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.
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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    I saw 703KA while at the factory last week, still had the wheel up front. Looks great with the wheel in the back, Beautiful AC Paul.
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    Default Re: Nose gear maintenance

    Nose gear folks,

    I'm looking for information about the most common damage that happens during a nose gear "event".

    In thoroughly going over my used Vixen, I have found evidence of some kind of force that poked a hole in the firewall exactly in the center and between the tubes behind the center console. I had heard this airplane had a nose gear damage incident, but no details were found in the log books or on the Title Search I paid for before I bought it. So far I have not located any other suspicious damage (other than a sheet of metal that was riveted over the hole) however I will be looking further. I imagine the damage was a nose gear collapse, however I cannot figure out what goes where in the geometrics of the airframe when that happens.

    I suspect some folks on this list may be familiar with my plane, it was originally flown around Arizona as Vixen N526. I bought it from the second owner (who only flew it for 12 hours or so until he sold it) who had re-registered it as N24V.

    Any info would be appreciated, so I can look in all the logical spots for any un-seen damage.

    Thanks much,

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