Orientation of shock link collar?

[Prior owner]

Hi guys, I’ve been searching through threads but cannot find an answer to my question, so hoping you can help:

The main gear on my M20D/C has never been through the Lord disc retrofit, so we are gathering up everything to get it done during the annual. After a thorough review of the M20D service manual, the Mooney SB on retrofitting, and every other SB or SI regarding the gear, I cannot find find any reference or image that depicts the correct orientation of the later model shock link collar, part # 510049-000. My old collar is a simple cylinder and looks like it can be installed in any orientation, but the new collar from Mooney has a cut-out on one side.... which way does the cut-out face, and where would I find this information published? 

Thanks for any replies,

 

Dave

[MARZ]

Curious as to why you’re replacing the collar?

[1964-M20E]

Not certain but I believe the cut goes to the front.  It has been a few years since  I have had them off.

 

 

[Yetti]

call LASAR

[N201MKTurbo]

If I recall, it is obvious when you put it together. The bevel is there to clear a tube or weld.

You could always go find another Mooney and crawl under and look at it.

I bet there is a picture on this site somewhere of it.

[Prior owner]

The service manual says to replace the collar and bolt at each annual insp.... But I am replacing them for piece of mind- new bolts and collars with the new style shock links. I just put a call into LASAR.. I’ll share the results here. Oddly, I could not find a pic of this collar installed on internet. No other Mooneys at my field.

Edited July 20, 2018 by PilotCoyote

[N201MKTurbo]

You can see it faces forward and down to clear that tube.

[Prior owner]

Thank you for the pic. I guess the later style gear required that particular collar design... probably unnecessary on my gear? We’ll take some pics during the retrofit.