bill.hutchison
Well Known Member
Right now, I'm still mulling it over but I'm going to chalk this one up to "unintended consequences."
I sent my prop for a clean/reseal + ECI (has the 100 hour AD) since the blades are still in excellent condition and a full overhaul wasn't necessary. Shop agreed, but noticed that the anodizing inside the cylinder on the dome part was gone and there was some scoring - they deemed this part condemned and required a replacement.
The cylinder threads onto the hub, and unfortunately, they didn't re-orient the new cylinder the same way the old one was - I don't know enough to know if this was something they could control, but the end result is that when my forward spinner support was re-installed, the holes for the spinner at the mid-line no longer line up. The guy who built the prop back up told me that the dis-assemblers didn't mark/index it and this is what caused the problem. I don't know enough about props to know if there is a way to correct that, but....<shrug>
This is annoying, but not particularly difficult to deal with. I could simply drill new holes and install nut plates in the spinner support, but I don't like the idea of extra holes. It's probably not a big deal, it just doesn't sit right with me. Whatever. I'm weird that way.
So I ordered a new spinner support from Vans and I'll just re-do that one to match with the spinner. It's a slightly bitter irony that I sold all my riveting stuff on this site just a week ago, so I'm gonna borrow some stuff when I get back from my trip next week. It's gonna add a few hours to the re-install, but at least I have the rivets and nut plates in the shop. I think.
I sent my prop for a clean/reseal + ECI (has the 100 hour AD) since the blades are still in excellent condition and a full overhaul wasn't necessary. Shop agreed, but noticed that the anodizing inside the cylinder on the dome part was gone and there was some scoring - they deemed this part condemned and required a replacement.
The cylinder threads onto the hub, and unfortunately, they didn't re-orient the new cylinder the same way the old one was - I don't know enough to know if this was something they could control, but the end result is that when my forward spinner support was re-installed, the holes for the spinner at the mid-line no longer line up. The guy who built the prop back up told me that the dis-assemblers didn't mark/index it and this is what caused the problem. I don't know enough about props to know if there is a way to correct that, but....<shrug>
This is annoying, but not particularly difficult to deal with. I could simply drill new holes and install nut plates in the spinner support, but I don't like the idea of extra holes. It's probably not a big deal, it just doesn't sit right with me. Whatever. I'm weird that way.
So I ordered a new spinner support from Vans and I'll just re-do that one to match with the spinner. It's a slightly bitter irony that I sold all my riveting stuff on this site just a week ago, so I'm gonna borrow some stuff when I get back from my trip next week. It's gonna add a few hours to the re-install, but at least I have the rivets and nut plates in the shop. I think.