X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:08:51 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms173019pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.19] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.2) with ESMTP id 5187323 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:09:36 -0400 Received-SPF: neutral receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.173.19; envelope-from=charles.r.patton@ieee.org Received: from [192.168.0.2] ([unknown] [74.100.51.215]) by vms173019.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LU6000HW670EMJ1@vms173019.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:09:00 -0500 (CDT) X-Original-Message-id: <4EB4B6D6.9090600@ieee.org> X-Original-Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:08:54 -0700 From: "Charles R. Patton" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.15 MIME-version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Lubricating rod ends References: In-reply-to: Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=------------040401050108030203060800 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040401050108030203060800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FruFru duster -- not Fufu. That will make the search yield a bit better. Regards, Charles R. Patton On 11/4/2011 1:23 PM, rwolf99@aol.com wrote: > Chris - > I replaced the 17 year old grease in my rod end bearings with new > stuff. I believe it was Aeroshell 7 but I would have to check at the > hangar. The easy way to do this is to screw the female rod end > bearing onto a threaded rod (such as a threaded rod end). Screw it > all the way down and the old grease will get pushed out. Unscrew the > threaded rod end and stuff the now-empty hole with new grease. Note > that any grease that is above the witness hole won't help you. Screw > the threaded rod end in again, and the new grease will push out the > rest of the old grease. It will be obvious when you are squishing out > new grease. Withdraw the threaded rod again and pack new grease up to > the witness hole. > I used a small plastic syringe to put the grease into the rod end. We > get these from farm equipment supply houses or my wife would bring > them home from work. No needle -- just the plastic syringe. You can > stuff the grease into that with a small wooden stir stick from > Starbucks. (Hey, I give them enough money. They can give me a few > stir sticks!) > The other comment on LPS 2 is probably appropriate for an annual > inspection -- I would not disassemble my pushrods annually. > For rudder cables, powdered teflon is reportedly very good. Check the > archives and look for "Fufu duster" > - Rob Wolf --------------040401050108030203060800 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FruFru duster -- not Fufu. That will make the search yield a bit better.
Regards,
Charles R. Patton

On 11/4/2011 1:23 PM, rwolf99@aol.com wrote:

Chris -

I replaced the 17 year old grease in my rod end bearings with new stuff. I believe it was Aeroshell 7 but I would have to check at the hangar. The easy way to do this is to screw the female rod end bearing onto a threaded rod (such as a threaded rod end). Screw it all the way down and the old grease will get pushed out. Unscrew the threaded rod end and stuff the now-empty hole with new grease. Note that any grease that is above the witness hole won't help you. Screw the threaded rod end in again, and the new grease will push out the rest of the old grease. It will be obvious when you are squishing out new grease. Withdraw the threaded rod again and pack new grease up to the witness hole.

I used a small plastic syringe to put the grease into the rod end. We get these from farm equipment supply houses or my wife would bring them home from work. No needle -- just the plastic syringe. You can stuff the grease into that with a small wooden stir stick from Starbucks. (Hey, I give them enough money. They can give me a few stir sticks!)

The other comment on LPS 2 is probably appropriate for an annual inspection -- I would not disassemble my pushrods annually.

For rudder cables, powdered teflon is reportedly very good. Check the archives and look for "Fufu duster"

- Rob Wolf

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