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

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"

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