I removed the bearings from the left wheel and completely cleaned the old AeroShell 33MS grease out and then repacked them with AeroShell 22. I then reassembled everything and reinstalled the wheel and axle nut. I installed the cotter pin, but haven’t bent it over yet. I’ll leave it straight until I know for sure that I don’t need to remove the wheel before the first flight.
With the left wheel done, I jacked up the right side of the plane and drilled the right gear leg. I then modified the right axle nut for the wheel pant bracket.
Here’s a closeup of the notch that you have to file into the axle nut. You can see that you have to radius the edge because of the bend in the bracket. This took about 15 minutes of filing to get to this point.
