czechsix
Well Known Member
Guys,
I have 15.8 hours now on my RV and my new Hartzell is still slinging out some grease....just enough to see a few fine streaks down the blade and get drops of grease on my windshield, cowl, and wings. I believe Hartzell says that if you let the prop sit in the box for over 18 months the seals will dry out and need to be replaced because they'll leak. Of course when I ordered my prop I knew I'd be flying in a year so this wouldn't be a problem for me. Yeah right. It sat in the box for two years before I first ran the engine...
I have a hard time believing I'm the only one like this so I'm wondering, has anybody else experienced this problem? If so, did it ever go away? I'm not concerned about it from a safety perspective--I can lube the hub occasionally and make sure it doesn't dry out in there--but it's a real pain to clean up especially on the canopy. If anybody's replaced these seals, can you remember how much it set you back and where you had the work done?
Thanks,
--Mark Navratil
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
RV-8A N2D flying 15.8 hours....love the flying, hate the cleanup afterwards...
I have 15.8 hours now on my RV and my new Hartzell is still slinging out some grease....just enough to see a few fine streaks down the blade and get drops of grease on my windshield, cowl, and wings. I believe Hartzell says that if you let the prop sit in the box for over 18 months the seals will dry out and need to be replaced because they'll leak. Of course when I ordered my prop I knew I'd be flying in a year so this wouldn't be a problem for me. Yeah right. It sat in the box for two years before I first ran the engine...
I have a hard time believing I'm the only one like this so I'm wondering, has anybody else experienced this problem? If so, did it ever go away? I'm not concerned about it from a safety perspective--I can lube the hub occasionally and make sure it doesn't dry out in there--but it's a real pain to clean up especially on the canopy. If anybody's replaced these seals, can you remember how much it set you back and where you had the work done?
Thanks,
--Mark Navratil
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
RV-8A N2D flying 15.8 hours....love the flying, hate the cleanup afterwards...