X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com ([61.9.189.152] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTP id 6765602 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 08 Mar 2014 02:50:19 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=61.9.189.152; envelope-from=neil.unger@bigpond.com Received: from nschwcmgw06p ([61.9.190.166]) by nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20140308074943.VNJA11190.nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com@nschwcmgw06p> for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2014 07:49:44 +0000 Received: from UserPC ([101.175.144.131]) by nschwcmgw06p with BigPond Outbound id avph1n00D2qJy9h01vphEC; Sat, 08 Mar 2014 07:49:43 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=Pdd9d1dd c=1 sm=1 a=zXLfWb76cg1ciTnw/RVmYw==:17 a=SKdsEPmCwTYA:10 a=JDadKst33uMA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=1IlZJK9HAAAA:8 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=mYmrSBj2h9CymPd8jDYA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=Qa1je4BO31QA:10 a=zXLfWb76cg1ciTnw/RVmYw==:117 Message-ID: From: "Neil Unger" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Leaking input shaft Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 18:49:28 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3555.308 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3555.308 Chris, That shaft is held true in the flywheel and in the planetries the other end. Once removed I suspect that the shaft would be "moveable" as you describe. Suggest a new seal and see what happens. hours is reasonable for a simple 1 inch seal. Neil. -----Original Message----- From: Christamarmc Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 4:06 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Leaking input shaft Hi all Just wondering whether anyone can tell me what the play side to side should be in the rd1c gearbox input shaft and what to expect from the oil seal, i can move the input shaft a little and see a visible gap on the input seal once removed from the motor.Motor has done approx 400 hrs. Just reinstalled the motor after some work and noticed oil dribbling from under the flywheel, thus why it was removed. Cheers Christian Sent from my iPad -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html