Slick 500 Hour Inspection

[dekagram]

Can anyone recommend a shop in or around New Orleans that can perform the Slick 500 Hour Inspection?

Thanks in advance...

N72GS

[flyingriki]

I'm sure there is a good shop near you but Aircraft magneto Service in Washington does great work, is a terrific guy with many, many years experience and a hoot to chat with, get tech help from.

[Bavafa]

Originally Posted by dekagram

Can anyone recommend a shop in or around New Orleans that can perform the Slick 500 Hour Inspection?

Thanks in advance...

N72GS

I just had mine done at Crossfire in Loveland Co. and they came back as if they were brand new. The service was very quick, they did a great job and were very accomodating in any questions I had regarding the re-installation or any thing else. Highly recommend this place.

[Jesse]

I have always used Quality Aircraft Accessories in Tulsa. Www.qaa.com

[Mike H]

The cost of the Slick manual and the two tools you need to do the job yourself is less than $50.00 Very easy to do and you get to learn something new Ha! I should have been a Hip Hop "artist" instead of an aircraft mechanic!

[Walt]

Originally Posted by Mike H

The cost of the Slick manual and the two tools you need to do the job yourself is less than $50.00 Very easy to do and you get to learn something new Ha! I should have been a Hip Hop "artist" instead of an aircraft mechanic!

$50, are you sure?

3.3 500-HOUR INSPECTION
Follow instructions in Section 5.0, Removing Magneto from
Engine. All procedures needed to perform the 500-hour
inspections are detailed in Section 6.0, Magneto
Disassembly and Section 7.0, Magneto Assembly.

2.0 REQUIRED TOOLS
T-100 Assembly and Timing Kit includes:
P/N Description Qty
T101 Bearing Assembly Plug 1
T102 Rotor and Frame Assembling Plug 1
T103 Oil Seal Assembling Plug 1
T106 Puller 1
T117 Base Adapter Plate 1
T118 Timing Pin 1
T119 Bushing, Adapter Plate 1
T121 Bearing Puller (2 Halves 1
T122 Wedge extractor 1
T123 Timing Plug 1
T125 Assembly Fixture 1
T150 "E" Gap Gauge 1
T151 Cam and Rotor Set 1
T152 Spacer 1
T153 Alternate Cam and Rotor Set 1
T155 Rivet Gauge 1
T509 Spacer (included with T125) 1

[rocketbob]

I have the T-100 tools and have never found it necessary to use to do a 500 hour check. Unless the seals are leaking I wouldn't pull the rotor. Mainly one is checking the timing, for evidence of arcing, the condition of the cam, follower and points, the egap, and the condition of the impulse coupling pawls and rivets. I guess I don't understand why people make this complicated.

[Sid Lambert]

Originally Posted by rocketbob

I guess I don't understand why people make this complicated.

Hear, hear.

[Mike H]

Originally Posted by rocketbob

I have the T-100 tools and have never found it necessary to use to do a 500 hour check. Unless the seals are leaking I wouldn't pull the rotor. Mainly one is checking the timing, for evidence of arcing, the condition of the cam, follower and points, the egap, and the condition of the impulse coupling pawls and rivets. I guess I don't understand why people make this complicated.

Pretty much exactly what Bob said. I don't have a copy of the manual in front of me now but I do not recall having to use any of the referenced tools except the T-150 E-gap timing tool during the inspection unless you find a problem with a bearing or a seal. I honestly do not see why most people do this inspection on a Slick mag, they will usually tell you when they have a problem. In the very few cases where you have a complete failure of a coil or a condensor you usually either had lots of warning prior, or it happens really fast and an inspection that was performed 50 or 500 hours ago would not have found any electrical defects. I run them 2000 hours and replace them with new units. We have a flight school here that runs R and S model 172s to TBO every few years and almost never remove a mag between TBO.

[rocketbob]

One other thing to inspect for. Carbon arcing covered under the soft distributor brush AD.