Install The Landing Gear - Top Flite Cessna 182 ARF User Manual

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5. Insert the rudder steering rod up through the
access hatch beneath the stab and in front of the
elevator joiner wire. The rod should pass through the
hole at the base of the vertical fin. Use epoxy or thick
CA to glue the plastic tube on the rudder steering rod
to the slot in the TE of the stab and vertical fin.
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6. As you did with the elevators, install the rudder
to the fin with CA hinges.

INSTALL THE LANDING GEAR

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1. Cut the included 5/32"
x 2" [4 x 51mm] bolt-on axles
to 1-1/2" [38mm].
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2. Install the axles onto the main landing gear
legs using two 5/16"-24 nylon locknuts.
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3. Slide a 5/32" [4mm] wheel collar onto each axle
followed by a 3-1/4" [83mm] main wheel and another
5/32" [4mm] wheel collar. Hold a wheel pant against
the base of each landing gear leg and center the
wheels in the pants. Mark the location of the wheel
collars onto the axles, remove the hardware, and file
flat spots at the marks you made using a rotary tool
or metal file.
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4. Loosely thread a 6-32 x 1/4" [6mm] SHCS into
each wheel collar along with threadlocking compound.
Reinstall the wheel collars and wheels onto the axles
and tighten the SHCS against the flat spots. Confirm
that the wheels spin freely on the axles. Oil the axles
as necessary. Install the wheel pants onto the main
landing gear legs using 4-40 x 3/8" [9.5mm] machine
screws and threadlocking compound.
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5. Insert the landing gear legs into the slots in the
fuselage. Attach the gear to the fuselage using six
6-32 x 3/4" [19mm] SHCS, six #6 flat washers, six #6
lock washers, and threadlocking compound.