Andersen bailer service kit

Bailer not staying open or closed. Very floppy.

Again if memory serves.  Premium Ropes are in Holland but mo problems buying them. |Adersen/Ronstan bailers......get the size and type right though. There's old and new and several sizes of bailer.

It is internal fit, the document on the Rooster website makes it sound very simple, no riveting required:

Edited by GybeFunny - 14 May 21 at 8:34am

I think the seals in question are the ones that seal the chute and main body of the bailer not the ones between the bailer and the hull.

OK, got a bit of time for a sensible answer now.

I have a lark with 2 floppy bailers, 2 different sizes.

After some research it became clear that there are not only several sizes, Mini, Maxi and sizes inbetween, there are also old and new designs as well as internal and externally fitted Adersen/Ronstan bailer.

Somewhere I found a website that had drawings c/w dimensions for the various types. I measured accuratelymy old bailer paying particular attention to the fixing hole centers. I identified my bailers

Rooster does service kits but unfortunately, not the right ones for me. Found premium ropes, a Dutch company I beleive (but could be wrong, it was a while ago). 

the kit comes with gaskets for hull/bailer seal and gaskets for bailer bailer chasis/chute seal. The last gasket there is a chunky affair so obviously needs compressing considerably, it is held in place by compression also.

After some searching I have found instructions for servicing bailers on the FF website. 

As for bailers being cheap enough to chuck away.....well, it's all relative I suppose but at £60-£70 quid a pop I'd have a go at servicing them.

FF link (copy and paste it)

https://www.flying15.org.uk/news/leaky-bailers

Thats' as far as I've got and probably won't go any further. 




Edited by Sussex Lad - 14 May 21 at 9:56pm

Originally posted by Paramedic My problem with fixing them - the external mount ones in particular - was that the service kit is horrendously, eye wateringly expensive. And success rate with them is poor. I'd rather bite the bullet with as guaranteed long lasting fix than spend half as much again on a service kit and a new bailer when the new seal gets destroyed refitting the chute. It seems they have reduced the price for the New Large external mount bailer. But I still think the "right" fix in the long term is a new bailer.

Each to their own.
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