66 E main wheel retract depth question

[tomn]

I'm curious about how far the main wheels should retract into the wing wheel wells. With the wheels retracted, you can push up on each wheel and get them to move a little farther into the well. Looking at the linkage, it does not appear that there is leverage available through it to pull the wheel up tighter. There is the spring to pull it up and maybe that is weak. So how tight should the wheel fit up in the well? Should I be able to push it up any farther once it is fully retracted or should it be all the way against the stops?

Tom

[N201MKTurbo]

Do you have electric gear or a Johnson bar?

 

With the Johnson bar you set the correct preload on extension and get whatever you get on retraction. There is no separate adjustment for retraction. Just rig the gear doors so they close tight against the wing.

 

With electric gear you can change the position of the up limit switch to change how far up the gear goes on retraction.

 

There are rubber pads in the wheel well. the gear leg should be just shy of touching it. You don't want it tight against the rubber pad, the pad is just there to give it something to bang on in turbulence. The gear doors should be very slightly stressed with the wheels up.

[tomn]

I have the Johnson bar. I'll check and see how much room I have left from the stops.