Friend with early Thai h36 found an undercart ball rod end broke after landing but zero damage luckily. He fount the Thai we assume used non standard ball rod ends with no untreated shank.
The correct ball rod ends are made by hirshmann in Germany and have a X indicating they are high tension ball rod ends. Lesson you can not trust Thai airforce or was it Geoff Edwards?? the guy that brought them in. When I was at Archer field there were broken undercarriage everywhere. If ball rod ends have been changed then there should be a repair in the floor when they have been removed. I think I have read somewhere after hard broken undercart either ball rod ends are to be replaced or are the brackets to be replaced. I would say it is ball rod ends. May be worth a look and always do perfect landings. Ian mcphee .
