Fred,
Went back to read Chapter 21M to refresh myself on the operation.
=46rom my understanding of your installation, you tapped the LG01A
bushings into place without the LG09 to maintain alignment. It's a
tough call, but I'd guess you'd be best to remove the two LG01A
bushings, clean it all up and re-bond as per instructions with the
LG09 in place. That best ensures that the bushings are aligned
properly with the shaft.
Just my 2=A2 and probably not worth all that.
Good building and great flying,
Bob Borger
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complete. Mod 72 complete. Instrument panel complete, except for
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On Nov 24, 2007, at 11:06 AM, Fred Klein wrote:
>
> Gentle Monowheelies,
>
>
> In the midst of Chapter 21 M, last evening I got myself in a bit of
> a jamb by the ever so slightest deviation from the build manual w/
> regard to the mounting of the LG01A bushes in the large diameter
> tube of the LG mounting frame. Having become accustomed to press
> fitting and loctiting the smaller bushes, I didn't hesitate to
> loctite the first of the two LG01A bushes by gently tapping it in
> place with a rubber mallet after a minimal scouring of the tube and
> the requisite cleaning and degreasing...but lo and behold, I was
> surprised to find that the shaft LG09 no longer rotates freely
> within the bushing; rather, the shaft has but a very tight
> interference fit within the bushing.
>
> So.....what to do?
>
> I see my options to be (1) to hone the bushing carefully til the
> shaft freely rotates, or (2) heat up the frame and bush to break
> the loctite bond, remove the bush, and scour/sand the inner
> circumference of the tube until the bush slides in neatly and then
> re-loctite.
>
> Have any of you had to deal with this problem?... if so, how did
> you solve it?
>
> Any comments would be much appreciated.
>
> Fred
> A194
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