S.S.Bearing

[Dave Smith]

Tom:    If the OD of the EFI bearing is actually smaller than the RX
bearing,I would not care to use it in a 140RX.

When the seal was removed from the ones of which you speak,was the grease
still intact?

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koenig, Tom" <Tom.Koenig at actewagl.com.au>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: S.S.Bearing


>
> Dave ...wait and see, maybe you will get away with it..maybe you wont.
>
> I know of several FI's that went great for the first ten flights or so and
> then went off song, mysteriously. In every case the main bearing had spun
on
> the crankshaft due to the seal 'seizing' up the inner and outer races.
>
> The solution has been to remove the seal from the side facing the conrod.
In
> every case, the bearing became free again and upon reinstallation, the
> engine returned to its normal behaviour.
>
> Some suspect it is heat related, but in all cases I know off the engines
all
> sat between 120 deg C to 130 deg C ( max).
>
> Good luck and see how it goes.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Dave Smith[SMTP:dfs at navnet.net]
> > Reply To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 7:29
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Subject: S.S.Bearing
> >
> > "  learned from other peoples experience that the best stainless steel
> > bearing
> > is the O.S. FI factory bearing p/n 29430010.  That is the bearing I will
> > be
> > using next, and I was told to leave the seals in the bearing to maintain
> > the
> > factory grease in the bearing."
> >
> >
> > Mike:     On checking with Tower,the stainless bearing will not be
> > available until October.
> >
> > Also,their specs show it to be very slightly different in size than the
> > one they list for the 140RX.    Would this be a problem?
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
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