wrote: > Folks > > I am looking for info on how to remove and replace one of my ball bearings > that supports the elevator on the tail. Anybody with experience of this? > One of my bearings has more play in it than I would like. Also looking for > a source; I expect they are Timken > > Thanks > > > Tom > > -- > For archives and unsub > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > -- Swaid L. Rahn Indigo Aviation, Inc. 940 Mock Road Springfield, Ga. 31329 Cell 912.655.0966 --bcaec5555718891e4804be577204 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Tom,

I would buy them from lancair. They have the bes= t price on the bearings you want (the Teflon lined). Other places were high= er for the same part.

=A0Easy to replace. Use two sockets and a long b= olt. One socket is larger than the bearing race, second socket is just smal= ler than race OD. Bolt goes through both sockets and when you tighten the b= earing is pushed into the larger socket from the smaller socket side. Then = clean bearing boss and new bearing outer race, insp everything, reinstall i= n reverse order using loctite, making sure to center bearing into housing. = After installation rotate bearing and feel for any "hard spots" o= r roughness.

=A0When reinstalling flt control make sure bolt = clamps up tight on bearing shoulder and does not spin on bolt. You might ne= ed some thin washers to shim the bearing on each side so you don't side= load the fitting "ears".

=A0I have changed about 8 or 10 bearings on the = one I am flying/maintaining. The turbine's are bad about the outboard e= levator bearings wearing out. We have changed the outboard elev. bearings t= wice. The first set was 175 hours since new. They wear really fast. I pull = all of the flight controls off every year and inspect very well every year = at the Annual Condition inspection. That way I can check all of the bearing= s and see the rear spar properly. Proper maintenance saves money and lives.=

=A0Swaid Rahn

Indigo Aviation Inc.

912-655-0966

LNC4P-T (WALTER)

LNC4P-T (GARRETT) in progress.

=A0

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:53 AM, N20087 <n20087= @yahoo.com> wrote:

Folks

I am looking for info on= how to remove and replace one of my ball bearings that supports the elevat= or on the tail. Anybody with experience of this? One of my bearings has mor= e play in it than I would like. Also looking for a source; =A0I expect they= are Timken

Thanks

Tom

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