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Keith,
You may have the same problem my 360 had when I bought it. The rubber in the motor mounts tends to sag. There are a couple of fixes. You could replace the mounts which is bit expensive, someone told me the mounts are around $500. Another option is to use large washers under the bottom mounts to shim up the bottom of the engine.
I've heard of several Lancairs with this problem. You might search the LML archives for other refrences to this problem. My spinner has a good bit of clearance between it and the cowl. In my airplane, the alternator pulley on the front of the engine was hitting the cowl in the front.
The shimming fix is not too bad of a job, you'll need to unbolt the engine from the motor mounts, slip in the larger washer(s). Hope that will be enough clearance.
Matt McManus
LNC2 360
Quoting Keith Smith <keith.smith@gmail.com>:
A guy walked up to my 360 this morning and noticed that the bottom of the
spinner is rubbing against the bottom cowl. "you couldn't squeeze a leaf in
there," he said. Clearance from the top cowl is good, though.
Is it just a matter of reseating the bottom cowl?
Keith...a newbie owner still learning the basics of aircraft ownership.
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