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Comment by Phil Smith on June 14, 2011 at 8:57pm

Joe,

 

There is residue from a sticky tape that was on the gear side of the rubber pad during build.  You may have noticed paint that I put on before I assembled the gear. There is no chip on the gear - only the "notch" as required for assembly.  What I wanted all to see was the "cracked rubber" along the side of the "L" bracket on the underside of the gear.  That didn't look too bad so I flew until I had a chance to put in the new pads.  My suprise came when I disassembled the gear from the pads and found the cracking and splitting.  My suggestion is to make sure that you have the latest material pads - check with Roger or Caleb  at Zenith

Comment by Joseph Begany on June 14, 2011 at 8:16am

Phil

What is going on at the chip at the bend of the gear?  Looks like stress from a hard landing but I don't understand the chip.  Is the gear coated or painted?  Also, trying to understand the next photo of the pads.  Did the pad split into what looks like four seperate chunks?  I am not that far in my build so I don't have any experience with that construction yet.  Looks like something to keep an eye on durring pre-flight.  Good luck.

Joe B