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Originally Posted by jumpinjan
Wow. I was thinking that the ball & sockets didn't need to made that precise? Is that true? I would have thought that a bull nose end mill or plain drilled holes in the sockets would work fine. How does the alignment of the sockets to the fuselage longerons perfomed? I would think some screw adjusters might be necessary to get all four legs even to the fuselage, but Fokker didn't use any that I could see.
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yeah, the fit
should be smooth inside so there is even contact with the ball socket. if there is just a ring around the top of the socket that is making contact, there will be too much stress on the ball. a poor fit increases the wear on the top of the ball socket and increases the likelyhood of failure under weight. you want the weight even over the surface of the socket and not on a ring on the top
or on the pin that goes through the socket.
keep in mind that if it doesn't, it won't stop your plane from flying ... just might need to do more maint later.