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Matt Dralle Site Admin
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:07 pm Post subject: Lubing The Tail Wheel Fork Bearing... |
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How the heck do you lube the bronze bearing on the tailwheel fork short of taking the giant nut off. I lubed it up good during initial assembly, then at about 40 hours, it started to kind of stick, so I dissembled and lubed it again. Now at 70 its doing it again. I foolishly put a Zerk fitting in the body of the thing, thinking that next time I could just shoot some lube in there. Great idea except that it doesn't work for such a tight fit.
Is there some "super lube" you can get that will last forever? I've used both graphite wheel bearing grease and Aeroshell #6 grease.
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:01 am Post subject: Lubing The Tail Wheel Fork Bearing... |
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I have always greased thru the zerk fitting with no issues. Mine has worked flawlessly since 2002.... I do a small squirt at every annual and maybe once between until I see a little grease slide thru the bushing.... Doesn't take much. Maybe I'm just lucky??
-Mike Kraus
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On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:06 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle(at)matronics.com> wrote:
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How the heck do you lube the bronze bearing on the tailwheel fork short of taking the giant nut off. I lubed it up good during initial assembly, then at about 40 hours, it started to kind of stick, so I dissembled and lubed it again. Now at 70 its doing it again. I foolishly put a Zerk fitting in the body of the thing, thinking that next time I could just shoot some lube in there. Great idea except that it doesn't work for such a tight fit.
Is there some "super lube" you can get that will last forever? I've used both graphite wheel bearing grease and Aeroshell #6 grease.
Thanks!
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 N998RV
http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
Status: Enjoying The Fruits of 2500 Hours of Labor!
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