Install The Main Landing Gear - GREAT PLANES Eagle 580 Manual

o 12 . Tension and adjust the cables at the couplers by
removing the control horn pivot pin and tightening or
loosening the pivot on the coupler . Note: It is necessary to
adjust the cable tension in this manner to prevent the cable
from becoming twisted .
o 13 . Reinstall the control horn pivots . Make sure that at
least 3/16" [4 .8mm] of thread is showing at each of the four
cable couplers . Install the washers and cotter pins to the left
and right rudder control horn pivot pins .
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14 . Tighten the 4-40 nuts against the threaded clevises to
secure the pushrods, using threadlocker .

Install the Main Landing Gear

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1 . Attach the axle to the main gear with the nylon lock
nut .
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2 . Fit the wheel to the axle using two wheel collars with
two 6-32 x 1/4" [6 .4mm] SHCS locking screws .
o o 3 . Mount the wheel pant with two 8-32 x 3/4" [19mm]
SHCS . Center the wheel in the wheel pant and tighten the
wheel collars .
o o 4 . Remove the wheel pant . Mark the location of the wheel
collars . File flat spots on the axles for the wheel collars .
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5 . Apply threadlocker to the wheel collar locking screws
and refit the wheel to the axle . Mount the wheel pant using
threadlocker, two 8-32 x 3/4" [19 .1mm] SHCS, two #8 flat
washers and two #8 lock washers .
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6 . Repeat steps 1 through 5 for the other axle and
wheel pant .
o 7 . Mount the landing gear to the fuse with threadlocker,
four 8-32 x 1" [25 .4mm] SHCS, four #8 flat washers and four
#8 lock washers .
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