All I want for Christmas are some better quality bearings

[mr2rbo]

Dear Santa,

Can you get me some good quality bearings for my washout and mixing arms? When I twist the flybar paddles, it looks like the washout arms are clapping. Maybe I'm being overly critical of such a small cost efficient machine, but it would be nice to have a tighter head assembly.

Also, I wish for a swash leveler.

Thanks Santa.

[ndoren]

When I got my kit, my washout arms were loose. Align had gotten loctite in the bearings, so the only way they could make the washout arm rotate was to keep the screw loose. Thus, the arm rotated on the screw because the bearing was stuck. Tightening the screw kept the arm from rotating at all. I cleaned the bearings and managed to tighten the screws and they work fine now.

[Grant_beltcp]

I tightenend my screws up but its deffinatly the bearings wobbling all over the place on mine. I might try and buy some nice sealed ones.

[mr2rbo]

Mine are tight too. Any tighter and I'd strip the threads. I've been looking for other bearings, but can't find any sealed ones this small though