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Lubricate Your Landing Gear
Maintaining your landing gear lubricated can prevent a lot of problems. Neglecting this can make the landing gear suffer more wear and tear. A lot of energy is transferred from one part to another of your landing gear when your aircraft lands. Force transfer occurs a lot easier on a lubricated gear than on one that is dry and rusty. According to Aircraft Maintenance Technology, lubrication is important for the moving parts of your landing gear to function properly, and it is imperative for the protection of your landing gear from water and other corrosion-inflicting agents.
Avoid Impacts in Your Gear
If you treat your landing gear roughly (landing abruptly, for example), your shock absorption system will start to get dented. The shocks are very sensitive to such impacts and, if they fail to function, your next landing will not be quite as pleasant as you would expect it to be. The more rough the landing, the more stress occurs on the shock system.
Tips on Keeping the Price of Overhauls Down
According to AMT, your overhaul price will be reduced significantly if you keep organized records of all the pieces of your landing gear with serial numbers. This is owing to the fact that each "serialized" piece of your landing gear has a set operational lifetime that determines when each piece should be replaced. If you have an undocumented part, it might need to be replaced with another one since there is no way of telling when the undocumented piece's lifespan is over.
Another thing you can do to lower expenses is to keep track of every accident that happened while landing and report the visual damage that has been done to your landing gear. After this, send the component for verification with a record of what happened to it so that repairs and testing can be done to it. Repairing damage on first sight will help you prevent more expensive blunders in the future.
Avoid Acidic Substances
Avoid using acidic substances around your landing gear, such as paint strippers. The reason for this is that acids react to the steel in your gear using hydrogen, causing cracks in the steel. These cracks are extremely expensive to fix and lead to failures in the landing gear's operation. If you let this happen for too long, the cracks will grow and your landing gear will need replacement, which is a very expensive consequence for neglecting to care for it.