Taylorcraft Part shortage

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Wag -Aero sold to Aircraft Spruce.

I needed a rear strut for my plane and had to buy a strut from Univair. I got a hold of the previous owner at Wag Aero and was told they had no struts and could not do any repairs on struts, they sold there inventory to Aircraft spruce.

[Hank Jarrett]

This problem is NOT going to go away. We need to make sure we don't trash ANY damaged or corroded struts and find a source for streamlined tubing to repair old struts. I have a stack of bent and or corroded struts in my hangar and a design for a manufacturing fixture. Other than the end fittings struts are NOT complicated parts to build.

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Hank,

I've seen more than 1 method of creating streamline tubes. The most commonly accepted today appears to be using roll-form method using 4130 seamless steel tube. There are several companies that advertise these streamline shapes. Some of these suppliers claim to offer custom sizes. Are there testing requirements or material certs. that would be required to use shapes from these sources?
I have a set of struts from my BC65 that have a welded trailing edge so they could have been formed on a press brake. The weld appears to have been done in a machine process. First time I've seen struts like this. Not sure which I find more favorable to make.
Your thoughts?

Brent