It makes us feel better! Da!
Jeff R. N128LJ Gold Rush
On Feb 20, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Remi Guerner wrote:
> <<<<<<<<<< remove the wheels on my tri gear to grease them for the
> annual. >>>>>>>
>
> Danny,
>
> I suppose you want to grease the ball bearings, right?
>
> My question is: why is it recommanded by most aircraft
> manufacturers to grease wheel ball bearings every year, which for a
> typical 100 hours/100 take-offs/100 landings represents only about
> 200 rolling kilometers (125 miles) while I can drive my car 1000
> times more than that distance without ever having to service the
> bearings ?
>
> Remi Guerner
> F-PGKL
>
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