Posted for Jim MacKnight
<jmack102ea@gmail.com>:
Jim MacKnight <jmack102ea@gmail.com>:
Try
this:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lancair.list@olsusa.com/msg08779.html
I use the standard Lancair gas strut on my 320
jim...
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BE CAREFUL OUT THERE !!!!
I found a XXX 95051 several years ago (Motormite 95051, Mighty Lift
95051??? -- the actual number on the unit is "RB8795051").
The length was right, and I found a piece of tubing just right to make a
bushing for the upper mounting
hole. Fortunately, I retracted the nose gear
by hand to try it out. The barrel of the gas strut hit the head of the
AN4
bolt used as the hinge pin in the GM26. Turns out the barrel of the 95051
is .87" diameter, while the original is
.71" diameter. There is no way to
see this conflict without retracting the nose gear. If I had not noticed
the conflict, something would have bent -- probably the GM26.
I considered adding washers to move the bottom
connection farther out --
but not for long. Got the correct gas strut and checked the retraction for
proper operation
-- again.
martell lindsay
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Dan Schaefer wrote:
> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">What are those
>of you still flying 235's, converted 320 235 airframes, etc. using to for
your
>nose gear gas spring (over center
down-lock)?
>
> I decided to replace mine as preventative maintenance but the one I removed
>only had a part
number on it and no manufacturer's name. This is not the one
>that came in the original kit - that came out after the first three years
(a
>Suspa unit - German, I think) but one my since departed partner obtained
>somewhere that has worked fine
since about 1995. I have no idea where he got
>it (we were in So Cal at the time) and it has the part no. RB8795051 on
it.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated - with the above p/n or one that
works
>for
you.
>
> Dan Schaefer
> Early 235 N235SP
>