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Vince Frazier

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 132

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:58 am Post subject: tailwheel lube

SNIP >>>>>>>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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SNIP



Matt et al,



You are spitting in the wind by using the zerk to lube the tailwheel shaft and locking pin.  There is no other way to properly lube it except to disassemble it.



IMHO, Van put the grease zerk back there to: 1) look good or 2) to positively lock the bronze bushing in place against any chance of rotation.  It danged sure wasn't put there to effectively grease the system.



Many of you know that we produce a retrofit tailwheel fork for the Van's unit.  It is superior in that it has about double the obstacle clearance and has a shorter arm for decreased steering forces, a nice thing to have particularly on the tandem RVs when you've got a heavy pax.  If you don't upgrade to one of our tailwheel forks, do yourself a favor and get one from Doug Bell.  Both are similar in function, but differ in construction.



I have a "tailwheel maintenance" document that you may find useful. I'll gladly email it to anyone who replies to vfrazier(at)usi.edu with a note asking for it.  You'll still have to disassemble the tailwheel to properly clean and grease it occasionally.



Here's a link to our tailwheel products: http://www.flyboyaccessories.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=66&zenid=7p0ddvhbkde4177qjrc2gtdru1



Thanks,



Vince Frazier

Flyboy Accessories

3963 Caborn Road

Mount Vernon, IN 47620

812-464-1839

1-888-8FLYBOY

1-888-835-9269

www.flyboyaccessories.com

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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject: tailwheel lube

A little wear and the zerk fitting will do just fine.  Patience, 

grasshopper(s).

Linn

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Frazier, Vincent A wrote:

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 SNIP >>>>>>>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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<SNIP



 Matt et al,



 You are spitting in the wind by using the zerk to lube the tailwheel shaft and locking pin.  There is no other way to properly lube it except to disassemble it.



 IMHO, Van put the grease zerk back there to: 1) look good or 2) to positively lock the bronze bushing in place against any chance of rotation.  It danged sure wasn't put there to effectively grease the system.



 Many of you know that we produce a retrofit tailwheel fork for the Van's unit.  It is superior in that it has about double the obstacle clearance and has a shorter arm for decreased steering forces, a nice thing to have particularly on the tandem RVs when you've got a heavy pax.  If you don't upgrade to one of our tailwheel forks, do yourself a favor and get one from Doug Bell.  Both are similar in function, but differ in construction.



 I have a "tailwheel maintenance" document that you may find useful. I'll gladly email it to anyone who replies to vfrazier(at)usi.edu with a note asking for it.  You'll still have to disassemble the tailwheel to properly clean and grease it occasionally.



 Here's a link to our tailwheel products: http://www.flyboyaccessories.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=66&zenid=7p0ddvhbkde4177qjrc2gtdru1



 Thanks,



 Vince Frazier

 Flyboy Accessories

 3963 Caborn Road

 Mount Vernon, IN 47620

 812-464-1839

 1-888-8FLYBOY

 1-888-835-9269

 www.flyboyaccessories.com

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