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181 – Strut Webinar Replay and Video Course Are Ready!

We had a great webinar last evening! Thanks to all who showed up on the call.

If you were not able to join us, but would like to see the replay, here’s the link:

The webinar replay will be available for the next 7 days.

Additionally, the much more detailed training is now available in our newly created Shock Strut Servicing Video Course.

Special bonus until Monday, July 5th at 12 midnight Eastern Daylight Time:

If you purchase the “Landing Gear Shock Strut Servicing” video course by that time, you’ll be included in two Q&A calls later in August, where you can ask me anything about shock struts or any related topics. I’d love to see you in those calls!


As promised, here’s a photo of the mix-matched brake parts I discovered this past week on a Piper Saratoga:

The metallic linings on the left are the correct ones; the organic linings on the right are the wrong parts! They were just sort of “riding free” on the pins of the backplate… it’s a good thing they didn’t fall out!

I think all my fellow A&P’s and IA’s out there will get a big kick out of this one… we see some crazy things in airplane maintenance!


Will I see you at Oshkosh / Airventure this year?

I’ll be presenting two presentations:

First one: “Lapping Valves and Saving Cylinders” on Thursday evening 4:00-5:15 pm in Workshop Classroom C.

Second one: “Borescope Your Own Exhaust Valves” on Saturday morning 8:30-9:45 am in Workshop Classroom A.

I hope to see you in one or both of those presentations!

Happy 4th of July, and have a great week!


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179 – Help! I Took A Turbo Apart

Listen to the podcast episode to hear how Jeff bailed me out on this one! (The gasket between the halves of the turbo broke as I was trying to rotate the halves to reseal an oil fitting.)


We also talked in this episode about two upcoming opportunities:

  • I’ll be presenting a Zoom webinar on Friday, July 2. The topic is “Best tips for servicing an airplane shock strut.” You can sign up and register here: AirplaneOwnerMaintenance.com/shockstruts (There are only 100 spots for this presentation.)
  • Also on that same day, July 2, we will be launching the Shock Strut Servicing Video Training Course. There will be information during and after the webinar for how to take advantage of the video training.

Thanks everyone, and have a great week!

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