S.S.Bearing

[Verne Koester]

I have the EFI bearing in my O.S. 1.4 RX and had to heat the case to install
it. I don't think there's any problem with  the fit. In addition to that,
Mike Stokes from Great Planes suggested the bearing as a solution to those
having problems.

Verne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Smith" <dfs at navnet.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: S.S.Bearing


> 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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