At 11:11 AM 11/30/08 -0800, you wrote:
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>Or perhaps no one lubricates their hinges?
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Cristal,
I have tried to lubricate the hinges on my FireFly. This is because the
piano hinges on the left wing seem to take a beating from the propeller. I
stopped lubricating them, as it did not seem to help and it does make a
mess. I have replaced hinge pins on the inner left hinge twice and once in
the middle hinge in about 250 hours. The last time I bushed the hinges with
a teflon tube and installed a smaller id hinge pin. At this time I have
over 15 hours on the repair and things look good.
If your pins are showing wear and the hinges rattle when the aileron is
shook by hand, you may want to check out:
http://www.thirdshift.com/jack/firefly/firefly143.html
Fly safe!
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
