Did you end up having to replace that pulley? Because you mentioned the outer race was spinning in the bore. Also a blind bearing puller Slide Hammer is my best friend.
That should be caught on the pre-flight. That kind of wear however, can occur in just one 30 minute flight. Which is why a pre-flight should be done even after you've landed for a fuel stop, bathroom break, or lunch. Not just when you first jump in to take off!
This is just a bad design all around. Loading the shaft in this configuration will always fail in this manner eventually and as another poster mentioned knowing the time on these components would be very helpful.
this guy has a good video of him flying his challenger and getting caught in severe turbulence. Also a good builder
Did you end up having to replace that pulley? Because you mentioned the outer race was spinning in the bore. Also a blind bearing puller Slide Hammer is my best friend.
That should be caught on the pre-flight. That kind of wear however, can occur in just one 30 minute flight. Which is why a pre-flight should be done even after you've landed for a fuel stop, bathroom break, or lunch. Not just when you first jump in to take off!
I'm originally from the QC. This title caught my attention 🤩
“O” ya that’ll kill a bearing fast.
This is just a bad design all around. Loading the shaft in this configuration will always fail in this manner eventually and as another poster mentioned knowing the time on these components would be very helpful.
How many hours on that setup?
Yep that would be helpful to figure out how much time you got but then again if you over tighten the belt tension that would cause it to fail sooner
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