Baggage Door Retention Arm Busted

[Jeff_S]

Hey all.  The end of the baggage door retention arm (not sure what it's officially called) broke on me yesterday so I need to replace it.  From what I can tell, it seems like I should be able to do this myself.  It screws into the door frame under the trim on one side, and into the door behind the plastic panel on the other. Does anyone know the official name and part number for this part, and where to procure one?  Is the Factory the best source?

Picture below of where it broke off right at the tip on the door side.  I appreciate all the help, as always. Thanks!

 

[N201MKTurbo]

They are held in by cotter pins. Take the pieces to a good TIG welder and have them fix it. Or call @Alan Fox and see if he has one.

[Shadrach]

Any competent, full service, machine shop should be able to either repair your existing piece or fabricate the half that is broken.

[Marc_B]

This is from the IPC for M20K but I suspect that there may be similarities between models??  Not sure if you could find just the upper assembly vs the entire arm...

 

And from your picture it looks like the roller may have frozen up and is dragging on the inside of the upper arm...that might have cause more of stress on the arm with opening and closing.  it should slide/roll freely. 

[kortopates]

LASAR used to offer these exchange and beefed up a bit. Don’t know if the new owners are.


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[Jeff_S]

Thanks all.  I wondered about a welding repair but wasn't sure if there was enough metal to work with.  I may look into this.  And yes, there is definitely some friction between the arms and it doesn't slide freely, but it was never anything that seemed unusual.  Anyway, I have some things to work with now so I appreciate the thoughts.

Cheers!

[Fly Boomer]

30 minutes ago, Jeff_S said:

Anyway, I have some things to work with now so I appreciate the thoughts.

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