sleepingsquirrel Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 (edited) On 3/13/2016 at 7:41 PM, jetdriven said: So, is this contained in the airworthiness limitations section or not? Cirrus has one, and the Items therein are not optional. But it's a FAR 23 aircraft. There seems to be a debate on whether SB's are now mandatory. I have no idea why These attachments could help . HQ-16-14.pdf new-tennessee aircraft services - (2015) legal interpretation.pdf Edited July 4, 2016 by sleepingsquirrel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeytonM Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 Is there any update to the 1000 hr number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20S Driver Posted March 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 I don't think so. I have not seen anything on the change.. I replaced mine last year.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sams Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Any news on the supply/price of this spring? Any vendors other than Mooney directly? For the European Mooney drivers: Do you have an old/broken one spare? See here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL757 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Yes. I can confirm the springs are $802. Just ordered one yesterday in preparation for my June annual, and my IA picked it up from the factory. They have a few left from a recent batch of several made, else, there is roughly a 2 to 3-month wait for a batch to be made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-SLOT Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) Does anyone have a rough sense of the current cost (parts and labour) to carry out this SB? Is availability of the parts an issue these days? Edited November 22, 2019 by G-SLOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INA201 Posted November 24, 2019 Report Share Posted November 24, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 11:07 AM, G-SLOT said: Does anyone have a rough sense of the current cost (parts and labour) to carry out this SB? Is availability of the parts an issue these days? $2606.57 at an MSC in July of 2019. Personally, I wouldn't have just any mechanic work on the gear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandelay Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Top Gun originally (2013) was waiting for Mooney to increase the time to 2000 hours. They are now recommending to replace it at 1000 hours. Perhaps the chattering is the best near failure indicator for a seasoned pilot but not everyone knows or understands it. Personally I think hours are a horrible way to decide to replace the BS, should be landing cycles. There is several actuators Mooney used over the years, does this apply to all, or just 1? TL;DRTom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20S Driver Posted November 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 1 hour ago, ArtVandelay said: Personally I think hours are a horrible way to decide to replace the BS, should be landing cycles. There is several actuators Mooney used over the years, does this apply to all, or just 1? TL;DR Tom Agreed. My understanding is that this is only on Eaton actuators. I wonder if this is done differently on the newer Mooney planes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INA201 Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, M20S Driver said: Agreed. My understanding is that this is only on Eaton actuators. I wonder if things are different on the newer Mooney planes? In my case I went by the elapsing of 41 years being appropriate for putting a new spring in. I didn’t want to do it but I’ve worked my way through most of the plane and this was one of the last boxes to check off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrynimmo Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 for what it is worth...I sent mine to TopGun in California....the spring kit is about $1,000....they quoted me 3 hours for about $100...then you have shipping, and in my case the sheathing on the manual extention cable had failed, so that was an extra $250 for the OEM cable, plus the labor to install. My A/P told me he could have installed it himself... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenfen Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 As of 8/26/2021, my question is: 1. Are new factory Mooney's still getting Landing Gear Actuators that need this Spring replaced every 1000 hours? 2. If not, what are the new improved Actuators and do they fit in the previous models? 3. If they don't fit, can they be retrofitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danb Posted August 27, 2021 Report Share Posted August 27, 2021 On 11/25/2019 at 5:19 PM, larrynimmo said: for what it is worth...I sent mine to TopGun in California....the spring kit is about $1,000....they quoted me 3 hours for about $100...then you have shipping, and in my case the sheathing on the manual extention cable had failed, so that was an extra $250 for the OEM cable, plus the labor to install. My A/P told me he could have installed it himself... The replaced kit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Anyone gotten a spring lately? I'm in for annual now and the tach is about to roll over the 1000h mark so was hoping to get the back spring done, but the shop can't find a replacement. Will do it whenever one is obtained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A64Pilot Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 59 minutes ago, Derek said: Anyone gotten a spring lately? I'm in for annual now and the tach is about to roll over the 1000h mark so was hoping to get the back spring done, but the shop can't find a replacement. Will do it whenever one is obtained. I tired calling LASAR, got a recording that said for parts use the chat on the web page, no one was available to chat, got a message that said leave a message with email etc and someone would contact me, that was several days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecornfields Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, A64Pilot said: I tired calling LASAR, got a recording that said for parts use the chat on the web page, no one was available to chat, got a message that said leave a message with email etc and someone would contact me, that was several days ago. I just finished my annual and the spring is due for replacement next year. I asked my MSC if it was too early to order the spring and they said “It’s not too early. Order it now.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A64Pilot Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Just now, ilovecornfields said: I just finished my annual and the spring is due for replacement next year. I asked my MSC if it was too early to order the spring and they said “It’s not too early. Order it now.” Who do you use? I want to order one myself, and if I thought I’d put more than 1,000 hours on the aircraft I’d likely order two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toto Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Are there any shops that do enough of these to actually stock some springs? Maxwell? It might be worth traveling to a shop if they have one sitting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL757 Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 14 minutes ago, A64Pilot said: I tired calling LASAR, got a recording that said for parts use the chat on the web page, no one was available to chat, got a message that said leave a message with email etc and someone would contact me, that was several days ago. If you haven’t already done so, you need to hit Option 1 and speak with Dan. LASAR sells more Mooney parts than damn near anyone in the world, and they support those parts, so the fact that you’re getting nowhere is unacceptable. Keep after them…they will reply and get you taken care of. Additionally, my IA has had four of the spring kits on order for over 3 months. A month ago, Mooney told him that they would be available “first week in November”. A week ago, that timeframe is now open-ended, and he doesn’t have the confidence that the kits will be ready anytime soon. We’ll keep following up every few days to attempt to get better traction. To my knowledge (after some checking), very few - if any - MSCs have a kit on the shelf, and are likely in the same predicament as my IA. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 It probably suffers from being too expensive to have sitting on a shelf… -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT20J Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 LASAR does sell a lot of parts. But they don't stock as much as they used to. And, since Corrine left, it seems that Dan is frequently swamped. If you really need to talk to him, keep trying. However, any MSC can order parts from the factory and many of the larger ones stock some common parts. Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecornfields Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 hours ago, A64Pilot said: Who do you use? I want to order one myself, and if I thought I’d put more than 1,000 hours on the aircraft I’d likely order two I ordered it from LASAR. But it sounds like I wasn’t the only one. Hopefully they’ll arrive eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmcconnaha Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Sure would be nice if we could order parts directly from the manufacturer. I hate bugging Dan at lasar from small stuff. He seems pretty busy. Last time I didn't get a call back. I know stuff can slip between the cracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LANCECASPER Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 13 hours ago, A64Pilot said: I tired calling LASAR, got a recording that said for parts use the chat on the web page, no one was available to chat, got a message that said leave a message with email etc and someone would contact me, that was several days ago. They don't answer he phone like they used to, but I always get an e-mail back from Dan in a day or two. parts-mods@lasar.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexz Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 7:45 PM, toto said: Are there any shops that do enough of these to actually stock some springs? Maxwell? It might be worth traveling to a shop if they have one sitting there. Last month I spend 4 hours on the phone and called almost all shops. No one had this spring available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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