Erik,
There have been similar problems with the nose strut on the ES's. I don't know if the Legacy strut is the same design or similar. You didn't say if you were getting any nose wheel shimmy.

 On the ES the shimmy damping is internal and leakage or loss of pressure is a precursor to a major shimmy event. There has been broken motor mounts and at least one case of the drag link breaking, resulting in the nose gear folding under doing rollout. We all now watch this closely and do regular greased plate tests to check the damping in the strut.

I would recommend checking with Tim O. He is very familiar with the ES strut and could tell you if an overhual is indicated.

Paul Bricker
N63PB
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Subject: [LML] Legacy Gear Strut Leak?
Sent: Feb 5, 2009 10:43 AM

 
I have a Legacy that has been flying about 2 years and just under 300 hours.  I have noticed a continuous bit of fluid/grease coming from the Allen Head cap screws on the main strut and to a lesser extent on the nose gear strut.
 
This is not a LOT of fluid, but after any flight there is some seepage that I continually wipe off.  I have tried tightening these screws but it doesn't seem to do much good.
 
Is this anything to be concerned about? 
 
What are these Cap Screws and the vertically aligned Pan Head Allen screws for anyway?
 
Thanks!
 
Erik
 
N74FX
 
 
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