Donald, Will the plunger move at all in the lower cylinder? I was referring to the bolt that holds the top part to the gear. Usually it is has a screw head in lieu of a bolt head. Lee
No, I have the cast aluminum gear. I am not sure what you mean by "Top machine screw". If you are referring to the bolt that holds the top of the strut center portion, that one is a bitch to get to. --- In [email protected], "ercou...@..." <ercou...@...> wrote: > > > Donald, > Do you have the early model welded steel landing gear? If so the problem you > speak of is rather routine with them. Don't know why you are having a problem > removing the top portion though. Typically, one removes the top machine screw > and the plunger knocks loose. The piston freezing in the cylinder is a > problem with the older type and could be with the newer type if it is not > serviced. > Lee Browning > > > Fitting in with the MLG postings of late, I decidewd to jack mine up and put > in the spacers to raise my tail today. As I was taking thinga apart, I was > surprised to see there were already a set of spacers there. Strange, my tail > is pretty low. > I decided to measure my donut stack, three and 1/2 inches, although the > rubbers look as good as new. I jacked it up to measure again no load - still > three and a half! What the heck is going on here. I have a pair of bellville > spring equipped struts, measured them, and the stack is about four and a > quarter inches! > I decide to take things apart to see what is going on, drop the bottom bolt, > swing the strut back to pull it off - and it won't move! Now I understand why > the rubbers are compressed - the strut is froze solid in a compressed state! > Take the other side off, same thing. > Easy, just pull the top bolt out - whoops, I think you must have to pull the > wings to do that AND have some special wrenches, not what I wanted. I found I > could put a drift down thru between the wing and center section, and pound on > the top of the strut to try to beat the bottom part off. No luck, gave up for > the day and came home to get a bigger hammer - a LOT BIGGER hammer. I may > have to heat the outside of the strut to release it, probably burn up the > rubbers, and I don't even know for sure WHERE the sticking is! > Has anybody else had this problem? I could sure use an easy solution right > now. > No wonder I had such a devil of a time with smooth landings, darned thing had > NO spring action whatever! > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4bf9cd912b0deb367bst01duc
