Randy,
This has happened to several Legacies. Rob Logan had elevator bearing trouble and he was one of the first to fly. It’s another thing to keep an eye on.
The SS piano hinge pin was such a cheap and easy fix, I’m going to do the roll and yaw trim too. Maybe I’ll fix a problem before it happens. (My ailerons have no noticeable movement.)
Steve Colwell Legacy (correction, 305 hours TT)
As a side note, I had a legacy driver stop by my hangar a few years ago. When he shut down, there was a definite metal on metal rattle in the tail as the blades came to a stop. I started inspecting the back of his plane before he got out. He had the same play in the hinges. Especially the outer hinge pilot side.
With the airplane idling, the hinges rattled pretty bad but with the engine running you could not hear it but it was defintely there at shut down. The tell tale gray trails were there as well.