SurfLung
Contributor
Greasing the RIX SA3
- As mentioned earlier, I've been doing my grease job at 10 hour intervals instead of the 25 hour interval specified in the manual. From Iain's comments, it sounds like that's not a bad idea. I've been told that the SA6 cowl is easier to get off than the SA3... My SA3 has four hex bolts to remove. I bought one of those low profile ratcheting box wrenches for this and it is now quick and easy to get those bolts off and on.
- This picture shows the fan in the lower left, the swash plate and turnbuckles in the middle, and the piston rods and cylinders in the upper right. As Iain says, a few pumps of the special grease and then a wipe down to remove the excess. I use q-tips to wipe out the excess grease on the underside which is too narrow of a gap for my fingers and a paper towel.
- The more difficult part of this greasing is the thrust bearings underneath. You have to put some grease on your finger and wipe it into the bearing surfaces. It goes pretty quick once you've done it a few times. This time around, I think it took less than 15 minutes to take off the cowl, grease everything and put the cowl back on.
- As mentioned earlier, I've been doing my grease job at 10 hour intervals instead of the 25 hour interval specified in the manual. From Iain's comments, it sounds like that's not a bad idea. I've been told that the SA6 cowl is easier to get off than the SA3... My SA3 has four hex bolts to remove. I bought one of those low profile ratcheting box wrenches for this and it is now quick and easy to get those bolts off and on.
- This picture shows the fan in the lower left, the swash plate and turnbuckles in the middle, and the piston rods and cylinders in the upper right. As Iain says, a few pumps of the special grease and then a wipe down to remove the excess. I use q-tips to wipe out the excess grease on the underside which is too narrow of a gap for my fingers and a paper towel.
- The more difficult part of this greasing is the thrust bearings underneath. You have to put some grease on your finger and wipe it into the bearing surfaces. It goes pretty quick once you've done it a few times. This time around, I think it took less than 15 minutes to take off the cowl, grease everything and put the cowl back on.