[caapt]

2 of my 4 aileron bearings are binding. Anyone know what I did wrong? Is some binding acceptable? Is there a trick to inserting th bearing?

 

[DaAV8R]

Binding

Are you sure it is the bearings and not the aileron bellcranks?

 

[Ron B.]

Did the bearing press in hard?

 

[Walt]

2 of my 4 aileron bearings are binding. Anyone know what I did wrong? Is some binding acceptable? Is there a trick to inserting th bearing?

Bottom line, binding is not acceptable.

 

[caapt]

yes, they were hard to push in

used a vice and the sockets for one. mallet and sockets on the others. I suspect it should not have been that hard. I'm going to start over with the bearings, but I would like to know where I went wrong... I would like to only repeat the process once

 

[Sig600]

Double check that the bearings move freely. My empennage and wings are pretty old, and when I mounted them up they had seized up pretty good. Some LPS-2 and a long AN3 bolt through them(for leverage to wiggle them around) and they freed right up.

 

[Walt]

used a vice and the sockets for one. mallet and sockets on the others. I suspect it should not have been that hard. I'm going to start over with the bearings, but I would like to know where I went wrong... I would like to only repeat the process once

Is it safe to assume you only pressed on the outer race during installation?

 

[caapt]

yes

There may have been slippage, but I tried to keep the socket centered on the bearing.

 

[caapt]

I think I found the problem

I took the brackets apart. I straightened the brackets again and they seem ok now. Thanks for the advice.