bad motor bearing

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I have had about 60 or so flights on the P2V no problems. Until last night we noticed during a motor mount check it seems a bearing has gone out. The motor appears at first to be lose from the mount but closer inspectin reveals its a little bit of play between the top casing on the motor and the bottom casing. Do you guys beleave this is a bearing issue? Or maybe something that has been there from day one and is probably ok?
 
Is the play lateral or axial?

If the play is lateral it would likely be a bearing. If the play is axial you will want to check and see if the E-clip and thrust bearing has come off the back of the motor shaft.
 
Hmm not sure what you mean by that, it move's side to side not up and down. Hope that helps and thank you for the help.
 
You can order a full set and replace them as needed. When I checked the other day a set of 8 with clips (2 per motor) and thrust washers were about $15.
 
Wow thanks we were under the impression we had to replace the motor, il get right on that!
 

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