No movement at all, very frozen even after heat and beating with a big hammer.
--- In [email protected], "ercou...@..." <ercou...@...> wrote: > > 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], "ercouper@" <ercouper@> 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 >
