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Great progress TJay - when you get done, maybe you could fly it down here and help finish mine over some weekend!
EDMO
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Thanks Jim and ed the slots are not cut yet. I'm waiting for the glue to dry behind the rear skylight angle , that's all the clamps you see Hanging there. Once there off I will get good Measurements for the slots. then build the bearing. The turtle deck is just sitting there because it makes me excited.
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Jim,
You could also use a solid short rod to hold the needles in place. My method was used to replace the bearings. Ours were set against a steel shoulder and we could not drive them out without first weakening the cage by grinding almost thru it, or heating it and then letting it cool and shrink.
EDMO
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I think you are seeing a shadow Ed. Wow TJay, you sure are going to town on that plane. I'm glad you got it! It will fly! Keep it up, and if you get any extra time, you can come and give me a hand. LOL Jim Chuk
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Ed, the needle bearings in a 582 are cageless, and will fall all over the place if you push out the wristpin without something to keep them in place. Bryce, when I did a decarbon, I left the pistons in place, and stuffed rags down around under them so no junk would get into the crankcase. If a person had a cylinder the diameter of the wristpin, and as wide as the connecting rod, and you pushed it in to force the wristpin out, just as the wristpin went past the connecting rod, that cylinder should hold the bearings in the connecting rod till you put it back togeather maybe.... Jim Chuk
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That long dark streak on the side - If that is the slot for the flaperon tube, how is it going to put down pressure on the tube to prevent flutter? It should be slotted from the bottom of turtledeck.
EDMO
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Bryce,
Are you wanting to replace / scrap them? I have removed hundreds using a dremel grinder and punch. We also torched the race on some of them, but you don't want to do that with them pressed in aluminum.
EDMO
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Did you notice the scarcity of 9mm ammo on the shelves a year or more ago - DHS bought more than the makers could produce, leaving citizens out of the market for them. Same old Democratic BS from Oh Bummer!
EDMO
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ATF pushes bullet ban, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle
By Paul Bedard | Washington Examiner
Published February 26, 2015
It’s starting.
As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic, with a ban on one of the most-used AR bullets by sportsmen and target shooters.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives this month revealed that it is proposing to put the ban on 5.56mm ammo on a fast track, immediately driving up the price of the bullets and prompting retailers, including the huge outdoors company Cabela’s, to urge sportsmen to urge Congress to stop the president.
RELATED: NRA steps up push for Sunday hunting
Wednesday night, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, stepped in with a critical letter to the bureau demanding it explain the surprise and abrupt bullet ban.
The National Rifle Association, which is working with Goodlatte to gather co-signers, said that 30 House members have already co-signed the letter and Goodlatte and the NRA are hoping to get a total of 100 fast.
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I've got a lot of experience with the 670 on my KF-IV. I'm surprised that "C5 Engineer" Joey, didn't point you in my direction. No matter because I'd be very happy to talk to you.
Hate to link to the "other" KF forum but I made a long post there. I want to get more time in my plane and then put together a comprehensive post here with all the info and lessons learned.
http://www.teamkitfox.com/Forums/showthread.php?p=47724#post47724
Anyone can drop me a PM. Always happy to talk about how awesome the 670 is.
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Contact Rotax Rick (239) 572-0021 / faircopters@aol.com
He's got a good shop and produces a fantastic product.
Both my 618 and 670 are running great.
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I'm doing a de carbon on my 582 and am trying to figure out how to deal with all those needle bearings without buyingj the $500 removal tool. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bryce
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They copied the wind sock from a stump and logchain in Kansas.
Wish I had one or two of the flagpoles in my yard!
EDMO
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I've been to Casper & Cody.
I can appreciate that "reliable" wind sock.
I can remember my wife asking, "I see mail boxes but where are the houses?".
I have always wanted to retire to ND, SD, WY or MT. Don't think I'll make it...
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You should make two different templates to lay out the stitches, actually 2 for the top, and 2 for the undercamber - the stitches in the propblast area are supposed to be closer together, if you follow AC43-13.
EDMO
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Same thing happened to Bob Hoover years ago. He had just enough avgas in the lines to get airborne.
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I just hung mine from the ceiling by the rib tails. I put a couple eye bolts in garage ceiling and strung it up. Like joey said, make patterns or take good measurements so you can lay out your lines to keep the stitches even. I did t do that and ended up with a couple odd ball stitches on the bottom.
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LSaupe--
I built an excellent wing rotissary back while building my Avid. I wrote it up, but i would have to find my writeup to send it to you. We are now vacationing in the FL keys, so I will have to get home to find it. You can have the complete rig if you could pick it up in Bethesda, MD. Let me know if you are interested.
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582 needle bearing tool
in Rotax and other engines
thebriman
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This is what I use: 3/4" inch foam backer rod, like what you place in a crack before caulking. You place it in the connecting rod journal, place the 31 needle bearings around it in between the connecting rod journal and the backer rod, place the thrust washers on either side of the bearings ( you made the backer rod piece long enough to hold a thrust washer on either side of the connecting rod, lower the piston into position and push the wrist pin into place. As you push the wrist pin into place, the backer rod will be forced out the other side. You can even install the backside circlip in the piston first as the backer rod will scrunch down and pass through it. once the wrist pin is in place install the last circlip and viola you're done.
In fact you need about 2 inches of backer rod. If you PM me your mailing address ill send you a foot and you should be set for a while. If you want to buy your own, its in the masonry section of your home improvement store.