BBI Zero Tailwheel

Charlemagne · Post by **Charlemagne** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:54 pm

Hey Guys,

I just pulled my Zero out of storage and put it together. The tailwheel does not seem to want to lock in the down position. It comes down ok but just will not lock and I'm afraid if I try to force it too much more I will break something. Am I missing a trick? Has anyone else had this issue?

Thanks
Dan

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:14 pm

It takes a bit of force to lock my down, not a lot but a little...lets see what others have to say about thiers.........

Charlemagne · Post by **Charlemagne** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:34 pm

VMF115 wrote:It takes a bit of force to lock my down, not a lot but a little...lets see what others have to say about thiers.........

Thanks VMF 115, I went back and took a screwdriver and went up tailwheel well and did a "pushdown" method instead of trying to pull it down. It gave a pop/click and it went into the lock position. But man that was quite a bit of force to get it to snap in the lockdown positon. I don't think I will be messing around with the landing gear too much.

Thanks Again Dan