> > Fred Vandeman wrote:
        > > >
        > > > As many/most of you with aircraft instillations......I
will
        > > be supplying
        > > > oil to the apex seals by putting 2cycle into the fuel.
        > > I'm finishing
        > > > my 20B overhaul and will be closing the front cover
        > > tomorrow.  Should
        > > > I remove the drive gear and shaft........or leave it in?

        > > If it were me I would take it out. No telling what it would
        > > do with no load.
        > >
        > > Paul Lamar

        > The roll pin (red arrow in pix) squirts oil onto the oil pump
chain. I
        > was not sure if it would get enough lube without it so I left
mine in. I
        > took the gear off though, so the shaft no longer rotates. If
you remove
        > the shaft, oil will just run out the end of the bore.
        >
        > Chuck Dunlap

        Good point Chuck. Sorry I missed that.

        Paul Lamar

        I removed the gear/shaft asembly and threaded the shaft (inside
and out) for pipe plugs.  Therefore, the shaft is pressurized and the
oil pump chain is still lubed thru the roll pin hole.

        Ken Powell

 
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