spaceworm

You have to own a Saito and have to ask for a membership number. Do/did you?

Regards, Richard

The Raven

I would highly recommend getting the right bearing pullers. Sure they cost but they aren't that expensive and the time they save is well worth it. A two or three jaw puller combined with a bearing separator (see pics way back in this thread) allowed me to remove the prop hub on two engines in minutes, where I had been trying other methods for a full week!

Gear pullers (two or three jaw) are unlikely to fit the prop hub nicely, and could cause the hub to bend or distort if they can't hold properly. Adding the bearing separator avoids this problem.

JoseN

It works but you have to do it softly and dont' apply any heat directly to the crankshaft.

Pepe

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Hi Guys, have 4 Saitos and would like to be a member of club SAITO , How do I do this ? Thanks Bob A

maukaonyx

THANKS to everyone for your help! And yes, I would like a Club Saito number...I feel like I just earned it by doing the bearing change. Someone said it was trivial. NOT FOR ME, lol. I think it was a major accomplishment for me, and a great learning experience because I never had a Saito taken apart to this extent. I feel good about doing it now, but the proof is in the running, which I will try tomorrow.

So just to recount a bit of what I experienced, here goes. I had to keep upping the temp in the oven from 300F to 350F to 370F, and finally 380F when both bearings finally came out of the engine! Here is a pic of the bearings...the rear one was totally shot. Some balls were actually gone completely, and that metal race ring was torn. Some of it was where the balls should be. No wonder I found small shiny dust particles of metal inside the engine as I worked on it.



The new bearings fell right into place when I heated the engine up to 380F again. Next I put the prop hub back on and had to heat it up too. It required a little encouragement with a dowel and hammer to get it all the way on. I basically shoved it as far on as it would go, and there is zero play forward and backward...hope that was the thing to do. No changing it now! I found a gasket in my extra stuff, so put that on where the cam cover goes. Found an extra O ring to replace a torn one for the place where the chrome tube goes into the head.

There is no play side to side anymore on the shaft, none front to back either. Feels a little tight. Hoping I did not assemble anything wrong and that this thing runs nice again. It was sorta fun, but challenging and frustrating at times! It's a lot more fun now that I am done, I think. Jon

w8ye

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The hub is usually installed cold and fastened on with a prop and the prop nut.

n6iap

I guess I should not have assumed that with all the questions and answers that I have participated in that anyone would know I own Saito engines. For the record I have:

Saito FA56
Saito FA72
Saito FA100T
2 - Saito FA90R3
2 - Saito FA170R3
Saito FA450
Saito FG20
Saito FG30

Sorry I did not realize I had to ask to be a member so I am doing that now.

Thanks,

jimm

NM2K

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Not if it is a rubberized or composite tipped hammer, or a piece of wood. I prefer wood.


Ed Cregger

w8ye

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???

All you do is put the pieces in place and tighten the nut. The hub installs itself

You start banging on it with all the stuff you are talking about will make dings in the bearing races and ruin the bearings. Then you will have to start over with new bearings.

maukaonyx

Live and learn....I''ll do it that way next time. Thanks. Jon

NM2K

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I was referring to bearing removal or install, not hub install/deinstall. My bad.

That's what I get for skimming.


Ed Cregger

Kostas1

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My SAITO FA-150....where can i find the manual ?

Rudolph Hart

Hey i know manuel i think he's spanish,you could google it mate

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Hi for those of us that are somewhat new to saitos , could some one walk me through a bearing replacment proceedure on a FA91 . Don't know if I need them but I would like to be up on the "how-to " in the event I have to do it Still would like to be a member of club saito , how do I go about this Thanks Bob A

Hobbsy

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http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo...der_Manual.pdf

Right here

Riverview

Does anyone know if there is anybody making a right angle adaptor for the orgiinal flex mufflers on a Saito 100 twin? The angle adpators that Horizon lists for this engine will not work, Techs could not find anything either. The flex muffler that come with this engine have a flange that seals with a small round gasket in the head. The right angle adaptor from Horizon has no internal flange for the pipe and gasket to seal onto. I am installing this engine in a TF Cessna 182 and the fit is great and the mufflers would exit very nice with a right angle adaptor.

w8ye

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I used the Saito Rt Angle adapters and the thin pipes from a 100Ti on my 90TS and they seated just fine. The thin pipes have a compression nut and flange like you describe.

Kostas1

Thank's Hobbsy !

mike early

I cannot get the 'thin pipes' to work with the saito 90ΒΊ fittings. There's nothing for the pipes to seat against....

w8ye

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I do not have those same parts in the picture. My pipes are from the Sito 100Ti engine. They are simply threaded on the end with a Jam nut. The pipes and the right angle adpater are made for each other.

Here's a picture of my 60T set up as described

spaceworm

Somewhere on this thread I have read (I think) that the flex mufflers rob some of the power. Anyone else remember this comment? Do you have any options for a non-flex arrangement? Just a thought.

Sincerely,

Richard

w8ye

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Here is a picture of the shorter one of the pipes from the Saito 100Ti inline twin engine that are made to work with the right angle adapters;




That is correct that the flexible pipes rob power


Here is the longer pipe

mike early

I'll be damned. That's the ticket!


Alas: out of stock until Late November, 2010


They are 12x1mm, correct?

Or...are they 10x1mm?

w8ye

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The Saito 100Ti has 10mm mufflers and so does the 60T, 80T, 90T, 90TS, and 100T

blw

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nice collection, Jimm