Tagore - Thanks for the video! but I like your stand can you tell me where you got it??
As far as the Nose wheel steering pin - I assume it is the treaded screw that is used to hook up the rod to the funky retract and steering setup (very cool engineering) So if that is the same part my question is since that is a treaded bolt and the nose wheel is controlled using a plastic control linkage (not sure what to call it) are you afriad that the steel screw with threads will wear down the plastic control linkage. Just watch the screw file the nose gear linkage
Let me know your thoughts on that linkage!