Continuing with the assembly of the engine mount and the steerable nose gear.
With everything sanded and moving freely I applied white lithium grease to the nose strut and began final assembly of the lower strut bushings.
This part is sort of interesting because of the multiple thrust bearings that are used with overlapping thrust bearing washers and the comically large spring.
I moved on to the upper bushing and completed the final installation of the bushing retaining brackets and torqued to spec.
Next the bumper stop is installed with and end cap which dampens any slap when the spring compression is released.
The engine is installed which is compressing the spring causing the space that you see in the photo.
