Awqward Posted March 12, 2015 Report Posted March 12, 2015 After being grounded for 100 days I finally received and installed a new aft bulkhead on my Hartzell Q-tip M20J....I scoured all sources for a spare new or used backplate to no avail and in the end Hartzell had to make a new one....thanks very much to Russell Stallings at SWTA for maintaining the pressure on Mooney and Hartzell.... In installed a Skytec 149NLec and a Concorde RG24-15 at the same time and then went immediately into the annual....so finally I am airborne with a fresh annual!! :-)) 1 Quote
bonal Posted March 12, 2015 Report Posted March 12, 2015 Hope everything else went well with the annual, I hate those it's like Forrest Gump and a box of chocolates you never know what your going to get. Glad to here your up and in the air. Quote
Awqward Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Posted March 13, 2015 Thanks Bonal....Only a nose-wheel bearing.... Quote
FloridaMan Posted March 13, 2015 Report Posted March 13, 2015 What did that cost you? I have the LoPresti cowling on my M20F with the Hartzell Prop and am nearly certain that we have the same spinner bulkhead. I've seen this issue arise a handful of times. The Hartzell replacement kit is 2400$ and includes a spinner as well. Make sure that spinner is on tight. Quote
Awqward Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Posted March 13, 2015 My spinner failure took out the backplate, the fwd internal bulkhead, one of the ears and put a crack in the dome itself....in addition the self destructing backplate damaged the Bendix drive on my Prestolite starter (I had already bought a Skytec but hadn't gotten around to installing it luckily).... I got the dome repaired at ASEI near Atlanta and the other parts were available from Mooney....the backplate had to be made from scratch and cost me $1,089 + shipping which I thought was pretty reasonable....although at 3 months+ lead time it was very frustrating... Nowadays it seems you can no longer just ring Steve Rue at the factory and order parts....you need to go through your favorite MSC...but that didn't add any cost or hassle and it was reassuring having an expert like Russell deal with it... Quote
Tommy Posted March 16, 2015 Report Posted March 16, 2015 Welcome back, Anthony! Hope you get some decent flying from now on! Quote
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