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In talking to other Mooney pilots, it never ceases to amaze me how many have, or have had trouble with tracking stability on landing roll out or take off. And the problem simply turns out to be that the collar on the top of the shaft that holds the donuts together on the nose gear was installed upside down. I was one of them. I bought my Mooney from a shop in Florida that was not a Mooney Service Center. So, when I brought it home to Pennsylvania, I took it to Air-Mods over at Trenton-Robbinsville NJ and had some Mooney specific things checked out. Low and behold, the collar holding the nose gear donuts together was installed upside down. The airplane didn’t feel all that stable on the ground at higher speeds, but being new to Mooneys, I just thought that that was how it was. But when that collar was installed correctly it made a noticeable improvement in the stability on roll out when landing. So, I guess the moral of this story is. As the older, experienced Mooney A&Ps retire. With all the tribal knowledge that they’ve attained through the years. Make sure you remind the shop to install that collar right side up when you have your shock discs replaced. John
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I'm looking to see if anyone is familiar with what options I could use to source a leg-nose gear part. The part number that I've been told will suit repairs are either 940042-503 or 540004-509. This is for a Mooney M20R that apparently got oversteered by a tug, which understandably after I get this fixed I'll go out of my way to ensure never happens again. Any help would be appreciated
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Hey Guys, Looking for one last piece to complete the restoration of my 1966 M20E Serial Number 1244. Its the Left Hand Nose Gear Door (Part # 550032-3 according to the parts manual) which has been challenging to find. Over the last two weeks we have ordered two doors under this part number and have received two doors which not only did not look alike; neither looked like the original. The search has been pretty vexing. Any help/direction would be appreciated. Cheers, Thom
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I did a flight with my CFI today. Landing at 3W2 I encountered a fairly violent nose gear shimmy on rollout, it dissipated taxiing in. I though perhaps I’d hit and imperfection in the runway and didn’t give it a second thought. There was no abnormality in the subsequent takeoff, but I encountered the same shimmy on landing back at home base. Again once I slowed down it went away completely. The tire is fine and at 30 psi. I can’t see anything obviously wrong with the gear. Sound familiar?
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For some reason I lost today my nose-gear cover -- on the airv-valve side -- for my 2000 M20R. I googled a bit and cannot find anyone who would carry those (+screws). Where can I buy those parts. Is the Mooney factory my only choice? Thanks for any guidance. PS: Part number seems to be 540022-001 for the wheel cover (with airvalve guide), and AN526-832R5 for screws.
