X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [65.173.216.71] (HELO mtasmtp1-clev.cle.ms.philips.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1057022 for lml@lancair.net; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:21:25 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=65.173.216.71; envelope-from=Rob.Logan@Philips.com Received: from [149.59.216.12] ([149.59.216.12]) by mtasmtp1-clev.cle.ms.philips.com (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.11) with ESMTP id 2006040315203781:51343 ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:20:37 -0400 Message-ID: <44317570.4050104@Philips.com> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:20:16 -0400 From: Rob Logan Reply-To: Rob@Logan.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lml@lancair.net Subject: Re: Main Gear Strut maintenance on Legacy X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on mtasmtp1-clev/P/SERVER/PHILIPS-CLE(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 04/03/2006 03:20:37 PM, Serialize by Router on mtasmtp1-clev/P/SERVER/PHILIPS-CLE(Release 5.0.11 |July 24, 2002) at 04/03/2006 03:21:27 PM, Serialize complete at 04/03/2006 03:21:27 PM Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed hi Dino! > changing oil and gaskets on the ESCO Main Gear Strut of the Legacy. the gaskets are likely fine, but the hex screws that hold the keyway should be lock tighten so they don't leak anymore. http://mail.lancair.net/lists/lml/Message/23562.html jack the tire off the ground remove the air valve insert at the top of the strut push the tire up to collapse the strut. attach a hose from the valve and dip into your oil drop the tire sucking oil into the strut run the strut up and down to remove all air. push the tire to the top, and re insert valve gross out the plane and then fill the struts to desired ride height. Rob