Anyone Have a set of Skywagon Wheel Pant Mounting Plates?

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180_jeff

Registered User

• Apr 9, 2018

• #1

Anyone remove their wheel pants/mounting plates and have a set of the factory mounting plates lying around the hangar?

 

skywagon8a

MEMBER

SE Mass MA6

• Apr 9, 2018

• #2

I think that I have a set of pants without the mounting plates from a 1966 185.

 

SteveE

SPONSOR

Jenks, OK

• Apr 9, 2018

• #3

I’ll steal a set from oldcrowe. What’ll you pay?


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silflexer

MEMBER

• Apr 10, 2018

• #4

I have wheelpants and brackets that I I just removed. They are off my 1953 180 but appear to be the newer style, not the wheelpants and brackets that were same as the 170s. Shoot me a message and I can send pictures


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hotrod180

FRIEND

Port Townsend, WA

• Apr 10, 2018

• #5

As I recall, the mounting plates are just flat material (thickness?) cut to a shape, and drilled with nutplates added.
If so, they wouldn't be hard for someone to duplicate, IF they had a good drawing (preferably full size) or a mounting plate to use as a template.

 

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180_jeff

Registered User

• Apr 10, 2018

• #6

They have stiffening flanges stamped into them. But, I agree - they could be duplicated if one had an original to copy.

 

skywagon8a

MEMBER

SE Mass MA6

• Apr 10, 2018

• #7

There is also a special wheel retaining nut with an extension to support the outboard side of the wheel pant.

 

hotrod180

FRIEND

Port Townsend, WA

• Apr 11, 2018

• #8

I wouldn't think them nuts would be hard to find.
Spruce sells some "Grove aluminum wheel pant nuts",
you'd have to check that the thread and dimensions are what you need.
I've seen lots of pantie-less Cessna's sporting the wheelpant-style axle nuts.
My old C150/150TD had them, I chucked them into a lathe and turned off the threaded "tit".
You could probably find someone who trade their wheelpant nuts for a set of regular nuts.