FS: Eccentric Assembly Tools

PS: Use of incorrect grease (or none, or dirt) will

also make inserting the pins extremely hard...

OK, I stand corrected. I thought mine was aluminum. It must be a very hard plastic.
Dave, what is the "correct" type of grease to use?

On Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:01:11 PM UTC-6, Soartech wrote:
Dave, what is the "correct" type of grease to use?

Not Dave, but "clean" grease is the correct type to use. :-)

Opinions vary. Some sort of white lithium grease it probably best. I have used just plain vaseline, and have also seen it act more like glue than grease when trying to assemble a plane on a cold day. The guy I got one plane from swore that STP was the best wing pin lube. Yes, the stuff that Richard Petty use to push.

Steve Leonard

Yes, some snow outside.
Look at INOX MX4 "Lanox" lanolin lubricant.
http://www.inoxmx.com/inox/mx4-lubricant/
Your local Harley shop may carry INOX products.
Or as suggested white lithium, available everywhere.
Jim

"Correct" grease? So far I've only dealt with one glider that is specific about what to use. The manual for my club's L-33 has a spec that crosses over to a MIL-G number that is equal to Aeroshell Grease No.6.

My ASW-15 manual just says "use a non cold coagulating grease." I've been using Aeroshell Grease No.22. They work well but 22 and 6 are a lot harder to clean up if you get them on your clothes than ordinary white lithium!

Modern synthetics are very temperature stable and (for me) much less messy than traditional products. Super Lube was recommended to me by a farmer I "visited" years ago. They know machinery!

http://www.grainger.com/product/SUPE...rease-WP104678

On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 12:47:30 PM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
I am still rather ****ed that I usually have to ask for some big guy with huge arms to put the pins in.

Figure out what movements the pin insertion requires and design some specific exercises with dumbbells and rubber bands that specifically mimic those movements. I had difficulty manipulating my horizontal stabilizer above my head, but some simple exercises with dumbbells fixed that(my glider has an unusually large stabilizer that catches the wind).

On Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:02:28 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Thursday, December 12, 2013 12:01:11 PM UTC-6, Soartech wrote:
Dave, what is the "correct" type of grease to use?

Opinions vary.

Of course, this is RAS ;-)

Some sort of white lithium grease it probably best.

I used to use white lithium...
Advantage: really easy to see if its clean.
Disadvantage: less "slippery" than some other greases,
does tend to cake up.

I have used just plain vaseline, and have also seen it act
more like glue than grease...

Right, not recommended.

I'm not sure what I'm using now: Lange provides good grease
in a big syringe in the pouch that holds the pins. It lasted
for assemblies for 900 hours of flying, then they gave me a new
syringe. I'll make sure its provided to you with your new Antares.

The synthetics like Superlube are really good.

See ya, Dave "YO electric"

When I bought my current glider is '03, I bought Spindleberger's black Delrin eccentric tool offered as an option. It had a steel pin reinforcement pressed in concentric with the small end.

I "copied" his design with some "bumper improvements", and sold his :c)

Improvements include:

Small dimple drilled in handle end and filled with white paint to indicate position of small eccentric pin. Useful in determining which way recalcitrant hole needs to move.

3 "stacked" through-holes in handle end, drilled 120* from each other (thus offering 6 holes spaced 60* apart for steel handle to insert.

Handle end bent at 30* to offer a total of 12 potential "positions" for handle in tight quarters. (in use, it's rare to use the handle at all . . . no need as the handle end with the cross drilled holes provides plenty of grip to turn the tool by hand. Knurling the handle end would do just as well)

Of the several things I make and sell for gliders, the eccentric tool isn't among them as it wasn't my idea - - though doubtless any patents would have long since expired.

I'm among the Super Lube grease crowd. It's especially good in cold weather..

bumper

Thanks. I've been using Permatex white lithium grease. Back to the gym this winter.