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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 12:46:56 -0400
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From: Don Barnes <don@cellarideas.com>
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Subject: re: Hinge bearing wear
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Adam,

Regarding hinge wear on the Legacy. This may have something to do with 
the alignment of the hinges at the factory. Both Ron Jones and myself 
experienced this and had to correct by slotting and re-setting our 
hinges for both elevators and rudder. We had problems with minor binding 
and the surfaces would not swing as freely as they should.

Our solution was to slot the bolt holes larger, with a line or string 
running through the holes, re-align the hinges. After we got the 
position we needed, flox was built up around the hinge to hold its place 
(with a release).After doing thing and putting the elevators and rudder 
back on the surfaces now move by blowing on them. A quite remarkable 
difference. I'm convinced this is what can cause excessive and premature 
wear.

The fix didn't take too much time, just getting past the "I can't 
believe this" was hard.

Hope this helps,
Don Barnes
Legacy 198