Dear Mr. Audenaerde,

I own an H-36 and maintain another owned by a friend.  I rebuilt the brakes
and replaced tires on both this year.  I don't have a specific response to
the evidently seized axle, but I do have a tool that may have been
fabricated by a previous owner for driving or pressing out the axle.  I'll
try to get a photo to you later today.  It was turned from an aluminum rod
and has a shoulder so it seats within the inner diameter of the axle. You
may find that loosening the four brake attachment bolts a bit may relieve
some binding on the axle.

None of the four axles I dealt with were seized.  On my aircraft, I did do
a modification on the inner faces of the wheel fairing, replacing the four
metric bolts with 1/4 inch AN countersunk machine screws to preclude
interference with the locknut and lock washer.  I'll add a photo of that.
The bearing number is Timken 08231, and the axle OD I measured was 1.180
inches/29.97 mm.

I did find corrosion on the inner bore of the axles on my aircraft, which I
polished out and treated with primer and Boshield at reassembly.

More later,

Michael Stockhill
Polson, MT, USA

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Guy Audenaerde <[email protected]>
wrote:

> My Dimona H36 Mk2 ser. 36267 build in 1988, equipped with Sauer S2100-1ss1
> has 4550 hours on the airframe.
> It is three years in my ownership and i suspect that the maintenance of
> the main wheelbearings is urgently due.
> When i jack up the wheels and rotate the wheels they emit a "grinding"
> noise and have a lot of play.
> Question: can someone give me a detailed procedure for removing the axle
> and overhauling the wheelbearings.
> I removed the locking nut on the outside of the wheelfairing but did not
> succeed in getting the axle out of the fairing,
> despite carefull tapping on the extremities with a hardwooden block.
> I suspect that the  pipes that hold the bearings in place are froozen on
> the central axle and prevent this axle of sliding out of the fairings;
>
> Awaiting 'instructions'
> Guy Audenaerde
>
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