Zerk fitting??? What Zerk fitting - I've looked at least twenty 415 coupe landing gear and never seen a zerk fitting. Is this something added on the Alons?
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: coupers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Main landing gear > > John Bombard wrote: > > ...rebuild this knee joint... the bushings are made of a > > bakelite material... > > My question is: when I receive the new bakelite > > bushings is there any special proceedure to instal them? I > > know they are a very tight fit and they seem very fragile. > > I'm afraid if i try to pound them into the lower leg, I > > wll destroy them. What is the best method to install them. > > > > My second question is: on the knee joint that has a lot of > > slop in it, can I double up on the large bakelite knee > > joint washers to take up the slop? > > Jack, > > I recently replaced one of the bushings on my Alon. I found > it useful to grease the bushing thoroughly before > "persuading" it into place with a wood block and a mallet. > My washers were hard to install because the clearance was > tight - lining everything up at once was a challenge. > > I ran into a question which was not previously answered in > this forum which you will also face: How does grease get > from the Zerk fitting to the inside of the bushing? > > The bushing I received had no extra holes in it, meaning > that after assembly, grease has to somehow work its way > around the ends and find its way between the bushing and the > pin. Am I missing something? Should the Zerk be removed and > a hole drilled through the bakelite bushing (with the pin > removed of course) to allow grease to penetrate? The old > bushing did have an opening which looked like it was beaten > into place, rather than drilled. I'm sure some of you > lurkers must have replaced your bushings - what did you do? > > David Smoler | __ | San Jose, CA > |==/__ยค_\==| > *==========|==| () |==|===========* > Alon A-2 | \____/ | N6359V > s/n A35 () () () based at RHV > """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" >
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