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| Posted: 10:53am 05 Mar 2011 |
About a week ago the AXFX developed a knock. So dropped it down. It sounded like bearings. Of course I did use bearings out of a washing machine. I went and bought some new bearings.
Once I loosened off the tension on the bearings the noise stopped. I stripped the machine down anyway. The old bearings felt good once I had them out. I think that the side load on the bearings was the problem. I made up a steel pipe spacer to go between the bearings on the shaft. I put the new bearings in.
I changed the propeller shaft offset. It still did not track the wind like it should. It normally has about 25mm offset. I have drilled new holes so the offset is now only 12mm.
The caps also turned up. So they are fitted as well.
Trev @ drivebynature.com