On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:08:15 -0400, Michael Horowitz
wrote:

Folks - someone has offered to sell me a set of landing gears.

How can I determine they in good condition, that is, any repair that
may have occurred and is not visible was done in a manner that won't
fail on me? Is there an examination the A&P can conduct i.e.
magna-fluxing (yeah, I know that's a term used in examing a crank, but
I don't know another term to use)? Is testing so expensive that buying
a used landing gear isn't a good idea?

Not that anyone would willfully sell a defective part, but I can see
the case where someone might have straightened out a strut and kept it
around for whatever reason, and his widow sells the part to someone
and had no idea the part was unsafe.

Regards, Mike

you dont say what they were from or whether they are spring or oleo.
some more details?
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