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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Matt: Yours may have been just shielded
bearings. The ones Verne refers to are sealed.(I
think) I used shielded bearing back in the YS 60-61 days
and the grease was gone very soon,but no plug fouling. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are shown on Towers site for the EFI engine
and they appear to be the sealed type.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Rcmaster199@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 23, 2004 6:51
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stainless Steel
Bearings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">How are you guys keeping the grease in the
bearings? The one time I used a bearing packed in grease in an engine, the
grease washed out on the first or second flight and fouled my plug. So many
have reported using greased up bearings, you have me almost believing it was
just my bad luck.<BR><BR>MattK<BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">----- Original Message ----- <BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:verne@twmi.rr.com">Verne Koester</A> <BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> <BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 3:53 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stainless Steel
Bearings<BR><BR><BR>The stock O.S. 1.4 EFI bearing is stainless and
shielded, the one for the RX is not. My original bearing (non-shielded) was
shot within 5 gallons and a friend of mine only got 3 gallons on his. I put
in the EFI shielded bearing with the shields left in and it's still going
strong and smooth after 20 gallons. The EFI bearing is a drop-in replacement
for the RX since they both use the same crankcase. I've since bought a
second RX and replaced the original bearing with the EFI bearing before I
even started it up for the first time. BTW, all bearings are not created
equal. I'd recommend the O.S. packaged version as it's an NTN high quality
bearing packed with hi-temp grease that'll stand up to the temps we operate
at.<BR><BR>Verne<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>