Subject: Oddity
From: ACRE NL
Date: 8/3/2001, 5:38 PM

Finn Lassen wrote:

Today I went to the airport after about a week of inactivity.

I turned the prop by hand and noticed something really odd. At one spot
it was really hard to move. I continued to rotate it and the after
several revolution the resistance was about the same all the way around.

Any ideas?

Finn

Stuck apex seal? Foreign object in rotor housing? Metal particle in
gear box? Drain the oil Finn. Cut the filter open.  Check the compression.

Paul Lamar
 
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