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I would be very careful about assuming that the engine mount
is bent. If you do not remember doing a hard landing and you are the only
pilot then it was not bent by a hard landing.
My nose gear is very close to the gear door and has touched it
from time to time but the emergency extension works fine. It has never
touched the sides of the gear well.
When you say "Actuator" I take it to mean the gas strut that
extends the gear in an emergency. If that was bent it cannot be
straightened to the degree necessary to ensure proper operation. IT WILL
ALWAYS BIND I promise you. I have installed two actuators and there is no
way to bend them if you do the job properly. That is a fact
Make certain that the bolts holding the strut to the
engine mounts are tight.. If they are, try slacking them off and moving
the strut to see if you can get clearance. Yes, a slight movement at the
top does get magnified at the bottom.
I would approach this problem with a very high degree of
scepticism. Somebody has screwed up somewhere. If the pilot did not
bend it, who did and how? Has it always been hard to freefall from the
very first. If so was it built correctly?
Get a second opinion if you can.
Ian Crowe.
C-FKRO
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