Stress cracks in main gear trunnions...

[pcastine]

Annual time rolls around, and there seems to be a new issue every year! The life of an aircraft owner?

The IA noticed cracking in the paint of the main gear trunion webs. Stripped and dye-tested, and confirmed there are some small stress fractures forming.

Question 1: is there any guidance from Piper as to what may be acceptable, or is the mere presence of cracks deem the aircraft un-airworthy?

Question 2: obviously I’m not going to wait for these to get worse; any advice where I can find new (ha! Probably not) or refurbished trunnions (both mains) for a 1971 P28R?

Thanks for any insight,
Pete

 

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