C J Campbell wrote:

"Peter R." wrote in message
ds.com...
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| And Cessna still denies there was a quality control problem with these
| spinners? There should have been an AD last year.
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| Inspect those late model Cessna spinners for cracks at the bases very
| carefully during each preflight...

Sounds like someone is pushing on the spinner to move the aircraft around.

CJ, this morning I stopped at out local maintenance shop to pick up the
aircraft and to thank the A&P for quickly replacing the part early this
Saturday morning. Since I knew that Cessna's warranty would be paying
for the work, I brought him a dozen of fresh doughnuts.

For a comparison, the A&P pulled out both an '03 and an '02 spinner
"bulkhead" (where the spinner connects to the prop shaft), as he had
both in stock. Cessna most certainly redesigned the bulkhead for '03 to
prevent the type of failure that this 172's spinner bulkhead
experienced. It was obvious that Cessna beefed up the metal surrounding
the bolt holes as well as moved these bolt holes a tad closer to the
center, away from the edge of the bulkhead.

So I wonder to no one in particular: With the apparent number of
reported failures (as per the A&P, along with what I read in either AOPA
or Flying mag several months ago) coupled with this obvious redesign,
why doesn't Cessna release a service bulletin for this part?



--
Peter