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While doing my condition inspection on my Legacy, I discovered an
engine mount crack on the nose wheel brace. It was pretty obvious and
a little bit unnerving, when I did a gear retract on jacks and looked
on the right side just above the nose gear door rail, just lateral to
the over center link bushing. I have attached a picture, but would be
happy to send better resolution ones and a small movie to those
interested.
My concern is that this is a design flaw and/or setup issue. If the
hydraulic cylinder is set to put some pressure to keep the nose gear
overcenter while extended, this puts stress on the nose wheel brace
plate on the mount. I would encourage everyone with a Legacy to check
the area the next time you do a gear retract on jacks.
Dan Ballin
N386DM LEG2
PS qualified at Reno with David Robinson flying at 292 mph.
Unfortunately a failed governor kept us from flying the last 2 races,
but great time was had by all.
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