Assembling the stack of parts for the nose gear strut.
These needle pin thrust bearings are quite cool:
However their inside diameter is 2″ ~ 50.8 mm, but the nose gear strut with paint is a bit thicker so they bind a bit.
Reason for those bearings is the rotating of the spring as can be seen in this video:
The top bushing was too tight and sanded with coarse and fine grit sandpaper:
All parts in place:
Detailed views of the top and bottom bushings:
Very smooth doesn’t the nose gear rotate, about 7 kg of force is required to get it moving, which is too much:
Grrr, by rotating the strut the bracket for pedal pushrods hit a dent in the engine mount. Thank goodness not too deep and with some sandpaper it could be sanded smooth:
Todo: is some primer and paint touch up here.
For now the engine mount is protected with some foam:
