that must of took alot of time to post Tim,thanks for doing it,you never know i might need this information in the future,but ill keep my fingers croses,the removal and instalation of the bearings is right on,i've done alot of bearing replacement and the way i doit is by heating the parts up where need be and freezing also where need be,it is so easy to pop them out and pop them in that way,no problems but you do have to be quick or the part accepting the bearing might shink too soon and you'll have to start over with the heat to re-remove the bearing again and go through the prosess all over,anyway good info,i wish you luck on the project,

question for the forum,does everyone make a loop on the fuel supply hose that goes to the carb?i ask this because i did since i wouldnt want my engine to quit in case in on a vertical downline because my tank is very close to the carb on the pitts special,a friend sugested this when i told him how close the tank was to the firewall,seems like the way to go,i have seen a few exposed tanks on diferent planes that show a loop around the top of the fuel tank,i gotta say though,i had the hardest time on mine because the tanks cap goes through the back of the firewall but it worked fine