tail wheel boots?

[Richard E Russell]

We are doing my annual using the original Meyers OTW manual and learned (?) that our OTW had tailwheel boots? I don’t recall seeing any on any of the OTW I have been around the past 18 years? Need we OTW owners need locate a source or my mechanic here may be able to do so?

fly safe ut there – I’ve been doing some until the annual ran out last month…

[Jim Jones]

Dick, yes, boots were used, primarily, to keep dirt out of that bronze trunion bearing around the shock strut. Barg has the pattern for the boot….. somewhere.

[Richard E Russell]

K -thx when you locate same or the drawings pleas advise

DR

[Tom Thibodeau]

DIck,

Did you get your boot?

R, Tom

[Karen Wade]

Yes. We removed the tailwheel boots on “Fly Navy” to service the bearing and the rear suspension. I can trace if for you if you need me to.

[Richard E Russell]

Code 4, disregard my post – I have ‘particular’/thorough wrench and IA and that’s great – however, since I posted this, I’ve again realized, a tail boot for our OTW is rarely available. Although I do fly off grass, I just do a thorough pre-flight focused especially on the tail wheel area. It’s grear to have particular mechanics by the way!

[Author]

Posts