Ken Silverman, soon to be on the North End of Lake Washington, sailing
from Kenmore Aviation, home to seaplanes and several p-15's....
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 BdeMent@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 9/4/99 9:32:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us writes:
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> << Can you get more information as to *why* the mechanics blame the BB's?
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> Simple: excessive grease pressure not only compresses the (bearing buddies)
> BB spring and 'oozes' out the little hole in the front, it also pushes the
> rear seal out of shape and splatters grease over the inside of the wheel.
> Grease on the inside of the wheel should be a dead give away that the seals
> are shot. The BB's per se are NOT the problem. It's an operator problem
> with the grease gun...
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> Bill de Ment P-15 'Sukoshi', Eagle Idaho
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