My original welded steel tailwheel assembly is worn out. Both forks showed small cracks on the bottom, at the welds. And the caster bushing is pretty sloppy. The axle bolt holes on the forks are elongated enough to make it impossible to clamp up the wheel axle properly.
I had a friend re-weld and beef up the forks. And, another friend is attempting to install a new pivot bushing and a couple of "hat" bushings on the axle bolt holes. But, I thought I'd look into converting to the Sonex 4" tailwheel assembly with the titanium tailwheel spring.
I purchased the tailwheel spring, just to see what it'd take to make this conversion. But, I just got an email from Sonex saying they can only sell Sonex tail springs to customers that have a Sonex builder's number.On Sonex's online store, I noticed a note on the listing for the Sonerai tail spring that the originals were limited stock. But, the titanium Sonex tail spring could be retro fitting by "sleeving" the 3/4" tubing for the tail spring mount. So,
Has anyone else been down this road?
I had a friend re-weld and beef up the forks. And, another friend is attempting to install a new pivot bushing and a couple of "hat" bushings on the axle bolt holes. But, I thought I'd look into converting to the Sonex 4" tailwheel assembly with the titanium tailwheel spring.
I purchased the tailwheel spring, just to see what it'd take to make this conversion. But, I just got an email from Sonex saying they can only sell Sonex tail springs to customers that have a Sonex builder's number.On Sonex's online store, I noticed a note on the listing for the Sonerai tail spring that the originals were limited stock. But, the titanium Sonex tail spring could be retro fitting by "sleeving" the 3/4" tubing for the tail spring mount. So,
Has anyone else been down this road?