1978 M20J nose wheel steering horn please help!

[SuperPilot]

Hey guys I'm Garrett, first time posting so forgive me if this isn't in the right section. My plane is currently in annual and one of the squawks I brought up to my mechanic is a a bad intermittent nose wheel shimmy, which he diagnosed to be coming from the shaft going through the steering horn that connects it to the strut. He noticed that there was steel bushing on the shaft that goes through the portion that mounts to the strut rather than a copper one like he's used to seeing (Is that normal?) that seemed to warp the sleeve the small shaft goes through. Does anyone know where I can find this shaft and not the entire horn? Thanks.

[Hank]

Call LASAR. 800-954-5619. If they don't have any, try Don Maxwell at GGG [i don't have his number handy]. There are several different bushing kits available, and I think LASAR has PMA on at least one.

[SuperPilot]

Thanks for the quick response Hank! I will give those guys a call tomorrow. I don't just need the bushing though, the portion of the steering horn that mounts to the strut is warped. Seems to be a really rare part, my guys have been looking to no avail.....

[rbridges]

I just purchased a rebuilt horn from LASAR a few months ago.  nasty nosewheel shimmy during high speed roll.  I believe it was around $500 plus a $200 refundable core charge.  My mechanic charged me 4 hours labor.

[Wakeup]

I changed mine out a few weeks ago and bought mine from Lasar and very I am happy!! No more chimmy!!

[Hank]

Thanks for the quick response Hank! I will give those guys a call tomorrow. I don't just need the bushing though, the portion of the steering horn that mounts to the strut is warped. Seems to be a really rare part, my guys have been looking to no avail.....

 

LASAR is probably the place anyway. The arm that holds the left nose gear door open broke on mine a year ago, and I flew home from a burger run [with friends, 4 in the plane!] with gear down so that nothing would jam. LASAR sold me a nice yellow-tagged truss piece to go in there, all powder coated and beefier than the original. Even gave me a $200 core credit for sending in the broken parts to be repaired. Seems like it was $1000 all said and done, versus $1800 for a brand new PMA part from them. Received the part in about 4 or 5 days, and the core credit appeared on my account the same day that UPS delivered the box to them.

 

And they discussed installation with my mechanic. Great folks, I will happily use them again. Even if they are 2000 nm away.

[SuperPilot]

Thanks a lot guys. The people over at LASAR are great! Just had the part installed hopefully she will be up and running soon!

 

Garrett