RV-9A: Landing Gear - 11/24/2013
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 Trial fit of the U-403 Brake Mounting Flange - Left Gear Leg
You don't really have to do this, but I wanted to see how hard it is to get this flange on to the left gear leg. I had to a little oil on it to get it on. NOTE: All the entries on this page are for the left gear leg.
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 Time to final drill the holes on the flange
NOTE: The instructions say: "The hole through one side of the U-403 is still undersize, so, before final installation, pass a 5/16" drill through the assembly. Now install the Allen head screw that secures the brake flange to the axle." WRONG: There is one more thing that to do add to the flange before it can be installed on the axle. I final drilled the holes and waited before mounting the flange to the axle. Keep reading...
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 Found all the nuts, bolts and washers
Notice that the drawing says "Some parts not shown for clarity". I think that the part that is not shown is the flange that is already welded to the mounting flange itself. I think the part that is shown is the flange of the brake mounting plate, which IS a tight fit against the washer and bolt.
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 Made the U-408 spacers
There''s a small bit of tubing that comes with the kit that has to be cut into these small spacers.
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 Mounted the brake mounting plate
This dude did not want to go on.You'll notice that I sanded the interior of the brake mounting plate a bit to get it mounted to the U-403 Brake Mount. The drawings don't indicate which way the brake mounting is supposed to go on.
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 Put the bolts and spacers on
You''ll notice that one bolt is shorter than the rest and doesn''t have a spacer. That is because it doesn''t bolt to the U-810 Wheel Fairing Mount (coming next).
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 Bolted everything together
Here''s the whole ball all of wax, with the U-810 Wheel Fairing Mount attached.
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 Everything bolted to the left gear leg
NOTE: All of the pictures on this page are of the left gear leg. When I looked at other builders website pictures, sometimes it was hard to determine whether you were looking at the left or right gear leg.
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 Here's a video I did on this part of the building process
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