Beechcraft
Door Lock Cylinder - Potential Replacement Solution
Beech Door Lock Cylinder on Left and Potential Replacement
on Right
Has your Beech Bonanza, Baron or Travel Air
door lock cylinder fallen apart leaving it's rearmost pieces fallen into the
nether regions of the cabin door? Or does your lock cylinder no longer function
properly?
Part #10 in the above parts catalog extract is
the door lock cylinder. As amazing as it sounds, this nearly identical cylinder
has been spotted at Home Depot in the door and cabinet hardware aisle under
their PN: U-9941.
With proper A&P/IA approval, one could replace their
ailing lock cylinder with this possible solution.
If you really need to rescue the pieces that
fell into your inner cabin door, a very large and strong magnet can be used to
catch the parts on the outside of the door and bring them up to an area where
the human hand can retrieve them. A rag under the magnet is probably a good
cosmetic idea.
HERE is a full
blown article I wrote for ABS Magazine in November 2015 detailing my use of the
Depot cylinder solution.
Check out some door adjustment secrets in this
article
HERE by Dennis Wolter of AirMod
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