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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
My friend who has a 26E told me he recently disassembled his main wheel bearing as the wheel was noisy when landing, he felt it lacked grease and after regreasing and reassembling he reports the wheel is much quieter.
In my (31) Maintenance manual there is no mention of greasing the main bearing in the Lubrication Sheme (Section 8) But in section 2 (Description of equipment) there is only this: 2.5.4 Maintenance of Landing Gear and Wheel Brake Main Landing Gear The maintenance of the main wheel is confined to visual inspection of the tire, wheel rim, disc brake and shock absorber element. If badly soiled, the landing gear should be cleaned immediately. Also: do not forget to clean and lubricate the wheel bearings and shock absorber bearings. Does anyone have experience with this? Forgive me if this has been a topic in the past, I looked through the site and the Technical site but could not find anything there. Regards Ed Marel 31047 |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 3:21:24 AM UTC-7, wrote:
My friend who has a 26E told me he recently disassembled his main wheel bearing as the wheel was noisy when landing, he felt it lacked grease and after regreasing and reassembling he reports the wheel is much quieter. In my (31) Maintenance manual there is no mention of greasing the main bearing in the Lubrication Sheme (Section 8) But in section 2 (Description of equipment) there is only this: 2.5.4 Maintenance of Landing Gear and Wheel Brake Main Landing Gear The maintenance of the main wheel is confined to visual inspection of the tire, wheel rim, disc brake and shock absorber element. If badly soiled, the landing gear should be cleaned immediately. Also: do not forget to clean and lubricate the wheel bearings and shock absorber bearings. Does anyone have experience with this? Forgive me if this has been a topic in the past, I looked through the site and the Technical site but could not find anything there. Regards Ed Marel 31047 I suspect you meant to post on the ASH26E owners group and not r.a.s.? |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 12:13:20 PM UTC-4, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 3:21:24 AM UTC-7, wrote: My friend who has a 26E told me he recently disassembled his main wheel bearing as the wheel was noisy when landing, he felt it lacked grease and after regreasing and reassembling he reports the wheel is much quieter. In my (31) Maintenance manual there is no mention of greasing the main bearing in the Lubrication Sheme (Section 8) But in section 2 (Description of equipment) there is only this: 2.5.4 Maintenance of Landing Gear and Wheel Brake Main Landing Gear The maintenance of the main wheel is confined to visual inspection of the tire, wheel rim, disc brake and shock absorber element. If badly soiled, the landing gear should be cleaned immediately. Also: do not forget to clean and lubricate the wheel bearings and shock absorber bearings. Does anyone have experience with this? Forgive me if this has been a topic in the past, I looked through the site and the Technical site but could not find anything there. Regards Ed Marel 31047 I suspect you meant to post on the ASH26E owners group and not r.a.s.? Useful info on either. I grease the wheel bearings in my Schleicher sailplanes about every 100 landings which is 3-5 years. I have yet to find that they needed greasing when inspecting. All are privately flown. An overheating brake could cause this to be much sooner. FWIW UH |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
Maybe he is looking for a general consensus since similar may apply across brands and models?
Or, maybe just an "oops" on what forum he was on? |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
My "generic comment", is, a bearing is a bearing, regardless of what it is used in.
Ball bearings may be different than tapered roller bearings. Preload may be different. A mechanical engineer (which I am not, but decades dealing with bearings and dealing with ME's) will likely say, a bearing is a bearing. What was the design, how do you service? Almost no need to say, "too much lube", unless you're spreading lube onto composites that you may need to repair. Don't be stupid on lube, but if you think it needs lube, do it. BTW, WD-40 is NOT a lube....... Period......... I likely have 10 different lubes in my shop. Some stick, some penetrate, some are sorta composite safe, some deal with weather and/or loads better. Whatever. Oh, have a nice day. ;-) |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
After more than 40 years since manufacturing and about 2500 starts/landings was the bearings out of service on my LS1. Changed then with two new SKF bearings for about $8 each.
Have I lubed the the old ones, no they had rubber sealings wich effective makes lubing difficult, after consulting the SKF manual, these bearings do not require any kind of lube. They are the install and forget kind. |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 3:21:24 AM UTC-7, wrote:
My friend who has a 26E told me he recently disassembled his main wheel bearing as the wheel was noisy when landing, he felt it lacked grease and after regreasing and reassembling he reports the wheel is much quieter. In my (31) Maintenance manual there is no mention of greasing the main bearing in the Lubrication Sheme (Section 8) But in section 2 (Description of equipment) there is only this: 2.5.4 Maintenance of Landing Gear and Wheel Brake Main Landing Gear The maintenance of the main wheel is confined to visual inspection of the tire, wheel rim, disc brake and shock absorber element. If badly soiled, the landing gear should be cleaned immediately. Also: do not forget to clean and lubricate the wheel bearings and shock absorber bearings. Does anyone have experience with this? Forgive me if this has been a topic in the past, I looked through the site and the Technical site but could not find anything there. Regards Ed Marel 31047 As I recall (and my recall is getting worse each year....) the ASH26E has sealed deep groove ball bearings. They should not be lubed, but rather replaced when beyond their service life. |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
At 19:55 20 March 2018, jfitch wrote:
On Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 3:21:24 AM UTC-7, wrote: My friend who has a 26E told me he recently disassembled his main wheel bearing as the wheel was noisy when landing, he felt it lacked grease and after regreasing and reassembling he reports the wheel is much quieter. In my (31) Maintenance manual there is no mention of greasing the main bearing in the Lubrication Sheme (Section 8) But in section 2 (Description of equipment) there is only this: 2.5.4 Maintenance of Landing Gear and Wheel Brake Main Landing Gear The maintenance of the main wheel is confined to visual inspection of the tire, wheel rim, disc brake and shock absorber element. If badly soiled, the landing gear should be cleaned immediately. Also: do not forget to clean and lubricate the wheel bearings and shock absorber bearings. Does anyone have experience with this? Forgive me if this has been a topic in the past, I looked through the site and the Technical site but could not find anything there. Regards Ed Marel 31047 If you have a Cleveland wheel their service manual (rather than the glider manufacturer's manual) tells you to service the bearings and seals annually or every 500 wheel miles which ever comes first. (Does anyone record their wheel miles...?) As I recall (and my recall is getting worse each year....) the ASH26E has sealed deep groove ball bearings. They should not be lubed, but rather replaced when beyond their service life. |
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
I would hazard a guess that by the time almost ANYONE gets 500 wheel miles on a sailplane wheel bearing, the airframe is long gone, even if someone rebuilds a 2-33 a few times (reference another thread about a "new" 2-33 for $75,000US).
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Mainwheel bearing service / greasing?
At 21:45 20 March 2018, Charlie M. UH & 002 owner/pilot wrote:
I would hazard a guess that by the time almost ANYONE gets 500 wheel miles on a sailplane wheel bearing, the airframe is long gone, even if someone rebuilds a 2-33 a few times (reference another thread about a "new" 2-33 for $75,000US). ;-). Not true, actually. Our ASK21s do over 2000 launches per year, and have done for the past 20 years. If you count tow-outs from the hangar, retrieve to the launch point after landing, etc then 500 miles per year is achievable. We look at the bearings each year, but we don't work out the mileage! |
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