I bought a project Skybolt that had been welded up back in the mid 90’s. It has the older, lower landing gear on it. The front and rear attachment bolts are both 1/4”. I found a factory set of the new gear and the front attach bushing is 1/4” also. The plans call for the front bolt to be 7/16”. It would be a major project to change the front bushings in the gear and fuse. Any suggestions on leaving it as is or should I drilling them out and re-weld in new ones?
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Landing gear bolts on Skybolt
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