Continuation of the aileron bellcrank saga.
I removed the bellcrank and found the suspect bearings to be ok. The
loosness was caused by worn 60 year old bolts. So hurray! I don't have
to remove and replace the bearings. With new bolts it was a nice fit.
The new question I have is this. When I attached the bellcrank to the
push-pull rod that goes to the spider I noticed that in order to have a
grip fit to the Heim ball I had to squeeze the bellcrank cheeks
together with the castle nut. This springs the bellcrank cheeks
together. The bellcrank is an alluminum casting. I am not to
comfrotable with this. If I don't remove the excess play the Heim ball
is free to rotate around the bolt instead of the ball boss and the wear
will be on the bolt. I am sorry if this is confusing but I found it
difficut to describe.
All opinions gratefully accepted. Thanks.
Ed
N3396H
