Pacific Aeromodel 27 percentGee Bee “Y” ARF Instruction Manual page 6

Hold the fixed part of the pant up, out of the way while you attach the rear brace to the wing
using a 6-32 x 3/8" socket head bolt, lock washer and flat washer. Do not attach the fixed pant
to the wing yet. That will be the last step in the wheel pant installation.
INSTALL THE WHEEL PANTS. Slip the sliding pant over the strut (it is a tight fit) and fit it
inside the fixed pant. Attach the sliding portion of the pant to the main gear fork using 4-40 x
1/2" button head bolts, lock washers and flat washers.
Put a flat washer on the axle bolt, then slide it through pants and the fork, adding a wheel collar,
a wheel and another wheel collar inside the pant and a flat washer and the lock nut on the
outside. Make the nut snug, but do not over tighten it.
main strut assemblies.
Also drill 3/32" pilot holes
through the mounting
flange of the fixed pants,
one in front, one in back
and one on each side.
INSTALL THE MAIN
STRUTS. Attach the main
strut to the gear mount in
the wing, using three 8-32
x 5/8" socket head bolts,
lock washers and flat
washers. Important: Use
a thread-locking compound
on all of the bolts in the
landing gear.
Slip the fixed portion of the wheel pant in place, then put the rear
brace inside the pant and reattach it to the strut.
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