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--> RV4-List message posted by: "Gene Smith" <esmith6@satx.rr.com>
Educate me someone.........Getting some increased vibration on my RV-4, and I am
concerned......This is a Sensenich fixed with no damage or strikes, and hasn't
been re-pitched or worked on since new...... Not even a rock pock mark......Bolts
are tight and torqued......It is installed on a Lycoming 160 HP engine
with about 400 hours on the prop, and 1300 hours on the engine.
If I hire "prop men" to come out and check it, what is their procedure?......Do
they balance it on the aircraft with the engine running?......Pull it and rotate
it on some machine like for auto wheels?......How do they check the crankshaft
to see if it is the problem?......Do they install weights, and if so, how
and where do they mount them?
Would appreciate any info from you folks that have experience in this area..........................CHEERS!!!!.................................Gene
Smith.
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