<p>Thanks for the input everyone. She's all greased up and running great!</p><p><br></p><p>Scott</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 3, 2012 10:07 PM, "Dave Lockhart" <<a href="mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net" target="_blank">DaveL322@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Scott,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">That looks about normal from my experience. I clean all the grease out of the motor and gearbox, and then fill all the teeth in planetaries, ring, and sun gear with grease, and put it back together. I’ve got gearboxes with well over 500 flights and no abnormal wear. At about 500 flights, the needle bearings are definitely worn, and easy to replace. My micrometer says the drive pins on the output shaft are unchanged, and the ID on the planetaries is unchanged.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dave<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Pavlock<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:04 PM<br><b>To:</b> NSRCA Discussion List<br><b>Subject:</b> [NSRCA-discussion] Neu Gearbox Grease Question<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
So it's my first time attempting to grease the gearbox on my Neu F3A, and I have a question about a specific part of the motor. <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
The area around the center of the motor where the main gear comes out is full of grease; quite a lot of it. Should I remove it all and re-pack it with the same amount of grease, or leave it like it is? I linked to a picture to explain where I am talking about: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/byrcg.jpg" target="_blank">Click here for the picture of the greased area</a>. I'm used to seeing a plastic washer cover this area in all of the pictures I have looked at, but it looks like the housing of the motor has taken its place.<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scott Pavlock<u></u><u></u></p>
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