What was found
ON PRE-FLIGHT, PILOT NOTICED FLUID FROM MIDDLE OF STRUT. AFTER CLEANING, FLUID RE-APPEARED. AFTER INSP, FOUND STRUT HOUSING CRACKED BELOW AFT WEB ON STRUT HOUSING (CASTING). REMOVED AND REPLACED STRUT HOUSING ASSY WITH NEW. INSPECTED OTHER GEAR HOUSING AND DISCOVERED CRACKED, BUT NOT LEAKING AT THIS TIME. REPLACED LT SIDE HOUSING. NEW PARTS FROM PIPER HAVE NEW DESIGN WHERE WEB IS SUPPORTED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF CASTING AND HAS NEW P/N. SUBMITTER STATED THESE HOUSINGS ARE NOT COVERED IN ANY AD OR SB. (X)