Don't go overloaded on grease.Mechanics, when it's time to service the Black Hawk swashplate at 500 hours/12 months, ease up on the grease. Too much grease or too frequent lubrication lubrication, introduction of a substance between the contact surfaces of moving parts to reduce friction and to dissipate heat. A lubricant may be oil, grease, graphite, or any substance—gas, liquid, semisolid, or solid—that permits free action of won't improve your bird's performance. Lubricate lu·bri·cate v. lu·bri·cat·ed, lu·bri·cat·ing, lu·bri·cates v.tr. 1. To apply a lubricant to. 2. To make slippery or smooth. v.intr. To act as a lubricant. the swashplate like it says in Para 1-5-3 of TM 1-1520-237-23-1 and observe the CAUTION on Page 1-5-5. Rotate the rotor and add grease to the four fittings until you see it ooze OOZE - Object oriented extension of Z. "Object Orientation in Z", S. Stepney et al eds, Springer 1992. from the upper or lower bearing seal. Wipe off any excess. If you add that extra pump of grease just to be safe, you'll be sorry you did. When the helicopter rotor head is at full speed, grease will be sprayed everywhere. Then you'll be cleaning up grease from the top of your bird, the inside of the hydraulic section, the transmission section and the AN/ALQ-144A countermeasure set. You've heard the saying, "a lithe LITHE - Object-oriented with extensible syntax. "LITHE: A Language Combining a Flexible Syntax and Classes", D. Sandberg, Conf Rec 9th Ann ACM Sym POPL, ACM 1982, pp.142-145. dab 'll do ya'." For the swashplate, a few extra dabs of grease will do you in--and make a real mess to clean up! |
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