Yep, had to replace the 50's gills after a bird strike. The same thing. Just
locked them in the open position and safety wired the inner ring lever. Have
not had time to tweak it because of other time consuming issues with my
office. Will get back to it this spring. They do not move well when the
outer ring is warped.
Even flying in this past cold ass winter once cylinder head temps were up
did not need them.
Doc
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Subject: Re: gill question on CJ6 (yes I searched the archive)
It is very important that the outer ring is not warped. The stand offs
need to be all the correct length so that the outer ring is not twisted or
bowed. What happens is that the inter ring that moves the vanes is working
against the outer ring. I just replaced my gills vanes and had this very
problem. It turned out that one of the cylinder stand offs, was about 3/8"
short. I sighted from the side and could just make out a slight bow in the
out ring. Once that was fixed, it work smooth as silk.
Jim "Pappy" Goolsby
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From: skidmk <skidmk@gmail.com>
To: yak-list@matronics.com
Sent: Fri, Mar 19, 2010 8:25 pm
Subject: gill question on CJ6 (yes I searched the archive)
Hi all,
removed the complete gill system of CJ to replace the "weatherstrip". The
vanes were never detached from the center ring, but were removed from the
outer
ring (to enable riviting for weatherstrip) by removing the nut, and then the
long "bolt".
reinstalled today,, and suddenly they are very hard to open and close. The
nuts
were tightened just enough to prevent up and down movement.
any tips? ideas?
thanks
Mike
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Mike "Skidmk" Bourget
Ottawa, Ontario
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