# Undercarriage Fairing Hinge Rod **URL:** https://sonexpilots.org/t/undercarriage-fairing-hinge-rod/5154 **Category:** Legacy Sonex **Created:** [October 31, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/undercarriage-fairing-hinge-rod/5154 "2025-10-31T05:56:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Bryan\_Cotton](https://sonexpilots.org/user_avatar/sonexpilots.org/bryan_cotton/32/760_2.png) [@Bryan\_Cotton](https://sonexpilots.org/u/Bryan_Cotton) #### Post date: [October 31, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://sonexpilots.org/t/undercarriage-fairing-hinge-rod/5154/2 "2025-10-31T13:41:17Z")
> [@Landing gear fairing pin - floor wear](https://sonexpilots.org/t/landing-gear-fairing-pin-floor-wear/1519): > > Landing gear fairing pin - floor wear Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:44 pm by Bryan Cotton My landing gear fairings have two pins, that insert from the middle. One goes down into the wheelpant, and the other goes up through the floor. The problem is the 0.032" floor did not stand up well to the steel hinge pin. [[ugly floor hole.jpg]](https://web.archive.org/web/20240821062928/https://sonexbuilders.net/download/file.php?id=4537&mode=view) I took a step drill to it until it was just a hole - maybe close to 3/8" before it was cleaned up. Then I used my holesaw collection to make a 0.063" 7075-T6 aluminu… --- _[View the full topic](https://sonexpilots.org/t/undercarriage-fairing-hinge-rod/5154)._