Using Heat and Proper Alignment when Pressing Bearings into Critical Bores
This picture clearly shows the importance of using heat, and proper alignment when pressing bearings into critical bores. This damage was...
Collective Ground Adjustment
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR COLLECTIVE FRICTION LATELY? I just received a couple of photos of the set screws used to make adjustment of the...
42 & 90 Degree Gearbox Caps
A couple of weeks ago I was asked to give some basic information to the maintenance man the pickup team brought with them. He hadn’t...
UH-1 Maintenance Training Course
Do you have a new mechanic or mechanics that need a refresher course on the UH-1 helicopter? Do you need an IA renewal? Peter Frinchaboy...
Servo Mount Nuts
Hi this is Pete from Metro Fire again. On the NTSB accident website there is an accident involving aircraft UH-1H N260TA 5-23-2014. There...
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HEALTH & WELL BEING
With the military releasing aircraft to civilian operators, many civilian operators are following the maintenance schedule the military...