Blake Mantel wrote:

Off on a bit of a tangent.....  (but thats normal for me :)

About the safety and "feel good" aspects of the redrives:

Has anyone mounted a chip sensor (eg. helicopter transmissions) near the

oil outflow area?

That's it.
Blake

I had planned to do that a long time ago and the procrastination bug
prevented it.  I do use an oil drain plug with a magnet in it and it has
always shown me when metal chips ended up in the oil.  That happened when
the ball type thrust bearing went bad in my redrive (changed to a roller
type after that).   The magnet is a very good idea and even though the drain
plug magnet showed the problem, I'd like one in the gear drive return path
to catch chips before they can be picked up by the oil pump.

Tracy Crook
tcrook@rotaryaviation.com
www.rotaryaviation.com

 
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