I’m revitalizing a 320 completed in 1991. I again downloaded all the SBs but seem to remember some items (heard over the years)  that are not there. Maybe they were only concerns and are not serious enough for SBs.

 

 

1)    Is there an inspection method to determine if the SB (009-92) for the early nose gear has been complied with (SN 1-461)? The inspection method I’m referring to does not (should not) include teardown.

2)   The plans call out bolts holding the nose gear strut to the fork to be AN4-X … The nut is a big thick fiber insert nut. The called out bolts on the fork hardly reach the fiber. Are thinner nuts appropriate here? Are castle nuts applicable/acceptable here?

3)   Does the main gear hydraulic cylinder rebuild kit only provide O-rings and gaskets and the like? Or is there a way to replace or refinish the “rod” … as this one is rusted. Can I buy just the rod or do I need to purchase a new cylinder?

4)   I would like to replace the outboard half of GM3 … the over center linkage with the updated longer version. Don’t see it on the Lancair “parts” website. If the newer longer GM3 is not available, and I have to use the original part, is it suitable for use with the “new” over-center torsion spring?

5)   Can sequence valves be reworked? Is there an overhaul kit?

 

On another subject … I am going to begin baffling work on my new Lancair (360) in the not too distant future and see in the plans they call out to “use the blueprints for cutting and folding the aluminum” … page 21-33 of the fast build kit plans manual. I have no such blueprints and the list of blueprints supplied with the kit has no mention of such plans. Am I missing something I should have gotten from Lancair originally or do I need to purchase baffling plans separately? Or what?

Thanks for all the help in advance … Jim Nordin