Baggage Door Arm / Hinge

[salty]

1 hour ago, tigers2007 said:

Wait aren’t the hinges like $0.25 worth of stamped steel? If there is this much market demand I’ll have my own hinge assembly pulled off and replicated by the 100’s.


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He had a nicer more heavy duty design. 

[M20F-1968]

A company called SUSPA makes small air cylinders.  They have an eyelet on each end.  You would need to find out that length, throw and pressure specs are needed.  The only downside I can think of is that if the door latch ever failed, it would push the door open in flight.  I do not see that happening but an FAA guy would probably think of that question.  A picture is attached.  The one pictures is 7 5/8" center to center with a throw of 3 5/8"  The pressure, even in a worn out one which I have (they loose pressure over about 10 years) would be perfect.

[MyNameIsNobody]

3 hours ago, tigers2007 said:

Wait aren’t the hinges like $0.25 worth of stamped steel? If there is this much market demand I’ll have my own hinge assembly pulled off and replicated by the 100’s.


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Right?  I replaced mine when I bought the plane.  The step spring and the hinge were  the cheapest to things ever replaced.  I guess that available part from Mooney Service Centers dried up.  Talking under $10 bucks for each part in 2002.  The replacement does exactly what it needs to do.  Very lite-weight.  Very simple.  My old one balanced and wind nailed me in the head once.  That was enough...

Edited April 8, 2018 by MyNameIsNobody

[Chocks]

@gsxrpilot called me and let me know what was up. I was going to do a bunch of kissing up, but after reading the comments, I'll just kill that.

PM me your order number and address and I'll get a new one sent out right away. 

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[mike20papa]

3 hours ago, salty said:

He had a nicer more heavy duty design. 

The stock hinge is a "rolled" hinge, yes cheap.  The alternate is an extruded hinge made from 2024T3 you buy it by the inch length from Aircraft Spruce. various widths.  Installation is not for the uninitiated.  Requires match drilling holes using a strap hole duplicator, removal of head liner, etc.  8 hr. for me, but well worth the effort.  If you ever have the baggage door pop open during take off ... first thing that comes to mind is the structural integrity of that "cheap" rolled hinge.  Joe

[salty]

5 hours ago, "Chocks" said:

@gsxrpilot called me and let me know what was up. I was going to do a bunch of kissing up, but after reading the comments, I'll just kill that.

PM me your order number and address and I'll get a new one sent out right away. 

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Done. Again. Never wanted kissing up. Just a reply to my emails and pms. Even better maybe the product I sent you money for six months ago? Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to make this transaction easier for you. 

[salty]

And yeah, I’m pissed off that you couldn’t be bothered to go find my messages and expected me to do it for you. Sorry again for being such a lousy customer. 

[Chocks]

Ok I messaged you both your new tracking numbers. They both showed 2 day, so you should have your replacements by this weekend.

Let me know if you need anything else and sorry about that.

[Badmoonraising]

Second question is where can a person purchase a now baggage door seal? 

[LANCECASPER]

20 minutes ago, Badmoonraising said:

Second question is where can a person purchase a now baggage door seal? 

if you search the forum for "Baggage door seal" you'll find several options and a lot of opinions.

[Andy95W]

5 hours ago, Badmoonraising said:

Second question is where can a person purchase a now baggage door seal? 

$7.99 at Lowes and it seals better than factory.  Clean off the old glue first.

[MyNameIsNobody]

On 4/8/2018 at 11:39 AM, "Chocks" said:

@gsxrpilot called me and let me know what was up. I was going to do a bunch of kissing up, but after reading the comments, I'll just kill that.

PM me your order number and address and I'll get a new one sent out right away. 

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That’s called doubling down and confirms my previous assessment of character.  Stay classy...

[salty]

I got mine this week and installed it. Works great. 

[Chocks]

Fantastic! Again, @David Herman, @salty and @gsxrpilotthanks for the heads up on this, and for working with me on making things right.  

 

Edited May 11, 2018 by "Chocks"

[John Mininger]

Chocks, Do you have any more of these?

[Andy95W]

I think it's a different one than what you need for your M20J.  Pretty sure they look like this:

[John Mininger]

It's actually for my friend's M20K. But I think you're right. It's on the other side of baggage door and it does look similar to the one on my J.