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Comment by Jim Huckins on February 15, 2010 at 6:42pm

Mike, I'll send you an e-mail. Very interested in your connection points for the Gas strut. Mounting on the fiberglass door etc .
Thanks
Jim

Comment by Michael Petersen on February 15, 2010 at 2:58pm

Hi William
Sorry this has taken so long!
Here is the whole lowdown on the struts for your doors.
As I said, I could not keep the top mounts from popping out of the sockets on the struts. As the door comes down the strut compresses and rotates slightly and for some reason there was just not enough play to allow that without popping off, even though it was fine on my original flat doors. Measured all the original mount distances and they were within 1/32" but apparently still would not work. Scratched my head for several days and decided to make a new top mount from a flush head AN screw with a head size identical to the original ball mount. That gave it enough play to work just fine (opened and closed the door about 100 times). Anyway, that seemed to be the fix.
As far as the gas shocks- Here is the info on the ones I got at NAPA
NAPA part # BK.819-5622
Manufactured/sold by Service Plus Distributors, Bristol PA 19007 Website SPDHardware.com
Numbers on the strut read APD-GSNI-5000-60
Niterider G06/04 7674
Not sure if they are 60 lbs but that could be what the last number is on the strut. Like I said, tried three different strengths of the same length (11") and these seemed to work the best.
I have some pictures but seem to have difficulty loading them on to this post. If you would like them please email me @ Winger@brainerd.net and I will send them to you.
Hope this helps, come on up to Minnesota sometime.
mike/body>

Comment by Jim Huckins on February 11, 2010 at 6:40pm

Ok found the scrap the NAPA part BK 819-5622....you will probably need to get the End fittings from McMaster Carr. Also is the latest cable tension still 35 Lbs for the rudder ? Checking mine tomorrow.

Comment by Jim Huckins on February 11, 2010 at 4:37pm

If you dont hear back from Bob, I have the NAPA part number out at the hangar and will get it tomorrow afternoon. Its on a scrap piece of paper somewhere also...but of course thats with all my other scraps will look for it tonight.

Comment by Phill Barnes on February 10, 2010 at 8:46pm

Hi Michael
You are welcome. I love reading blogs that people post because I learn so much from their experiences. If I can attempt help someone else, even if it is not my aircraft type, then I am pleased to do so.

I look forward to seeing your flying videos.

Regards
Phill Barnes

Comment by William Heath on February 10, 2010 at 1:18pm

Ok! I admit that I am still learning my way around the process on this web site! I should have posted a comment to my original blog instead of a new one. As a result I lost all the comments by everyone!!! Michael, can you please repost the NAPA strut information. I will try not to do that again!!! Sorry about that I'm still learning.