I'm looking for an extra nose strut tube for my 172 so I can swap back and forth between my airglas fork/8.50s, and my tiny tires if I go on a really long asphalt trip. The tube I need is the style that has the scissor attach point above the fork, not part of the fork. Here is what I need:

I'm not sure, but may have something that will work from a '56 182. I'll take a look in the next few days.

dprathe wrote:I'm not sure, but may have something that will work from a '56 182. I'll take a look in the next few days.

Thank you! I have high hopes, many of the 182s had the same setup.

PM sent. Let me know here if you don't receive it. Thx.

Please let me know if you still need this. I may have one.

Thanks,
Kent

I think the reason mine didn't work for Jered is because it had already been trimmed to accommodate a Landes nose fork (trimming is allowed under the STC).

So, if anyone needs an already-been-trimmed early C-182 nose fork, let me know.

Dave

494 wrote:Please let me know if you still need this. I may have one.

Thanks,
Kent

Yes, I'm still looking for one. Thank you!

I will be home Friday and see what I can find.

Thanks,

Kent

Finally got a chance to go through my nose gears and all of them are the newer style. I will keep my eyes open in case one turns up.

Kent

EBay is a good place to check. Several there now from cheap to ridiculously expensive. Perhaps one is the 'old' style you mention.

Thank for looking Kent! I'll be keeping my eyes peeled.

I'll be removing the one off my 1956 172 within the next couple of months. If you haven't found anything usable by then, PM me and we'll talk. Can't sell it now, it's still holding the front of the airplane up in the shop.