whynotfly wrote:My "repaired Spinner" has failed again. This is a custom spinner from Del Air that had cracked and was then repaired, but now its failing again and I think it is beyond repair. If there is anyone who knows about another spinner that might work with this set-up please let me know. The Del Air replacements are too expensive and besides, it would likely fail again. It is a huge spinner with no forward type bracing. Its a 59 172 with a 0360 A1A conversion with fixed pitch prop. This type of spinner utilizes the bulkhead in the back (not mounting plate right behind the prop). The mounting bulkhead plate is about 12.9 inches in diameter. I suspect that there is another spinner set-up that would work, maybe with a mounting plate right behind the prop (smaller spinner).

whynotfly wrote:Update: It turns out that this particular spinner is a custom made spinner (just my luck) on account that this is a DelAir 180hp upgrade and for their STC they incorporated a custom spinner and relatively few are made, and you know what that means. Replacement cost? When I asked the DelAir rep how much $$ for replacement, he asked me if I was sitting down. Not what I wanted to hear. The next thing I heard was even worse. He quoted me $2,000 for the new spinner kit which includes the backing plate (nothing sold separately). Oh but good news! He said for me he would discount it to $1,700. "Oh, only $1,700?". #@*#%$!! Oh, don't forget another $200 or so to have a A&P remove the prop for the backing plate.

Not all is lost. After trying to wrap my mind around the idea of shelling out $2,000 because of a 2 1/2 inch crack in my spinner (there goes the engine monitor) I gave ASEI Spinner repair (thanks for the idea), and emailed them some pictures. They said they could indeed repair it for $550 and change. It is now on its way to Georgia for repair. With shipping costs it will run me around $700, but still an easier pill to swallow than $2,000. Thanks for all the input and ideas.