[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Doug Davis wrote: > > It's time to pack! > > Really!! Perhaps in some parts of the country, past > > time. To those who think your IA Checks your bearings at > > annual--every-time--think again!!... > > IA's check what they think needs checking, but the > pilot-in-command is responsible for seeing that stuff gets > checked. Did you see your IA's checklist and did it say that > your bearings were checked after your paint job? > > Actually, repacking wheel bearings is one of the items which > pilots are permitted to do themselves. > > > "you can't check everything > > every-time" - to that I say BS - thats the law, and it's > > what you're getting paid to do. > > It sounds like you picked the wrong IA or you don't have a > good relationship with the one you picked. A good IA should > make you part of the process and you should jointly decide > what gets checked and what doesn't. There is no mandatory > checklist, only a suggested one. It isn't the law that > everything gets checked every time. The pilot bears a lot of > the responsibility for the manner in which the plane is > maintained. > > > After the Paint job, I've > > been going over things in general... > > After a paint job, many things should be checked very > thoroughly. All lubricated items can be expected to have > been attacked by whatever method was used to remove paint - > don't expect the painter to re-lube them. The painter may > have gotten noxious stuff in the wheel bearings and not > washed it out - or may have washed it out so thoroughly that > there was no grease left. Painters also have been known to > mis-install control surfaces and other removable items. I > did a more thorough inspection on my plane after painting > than I did before purchasing it. > > Wheel bearing maintenance is a subjective matter. A hangared > plane which mostly flies long trips and makes few landings > may need bearing repacking only every five years. > Conversely, a tied-down aircraft which rocks back and forth > in the wind (without moving the wheels) and isn't flown > much, may actually ruin bearings in several months without > being used. IMHO, many tied-down aircraft should have > bearings checked as often as every six months, especially if > in a windy or rainy location, or near a seacoast. > > David > N6359V
Good point David, thanks for mentioning it........ Bob Saville
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