Cessna 182 1978 - Main Wheel and Tire Assembly; Disassembly of Cleveland Main Wheel and Tire Assembly; Main Wheel Speed Fairing Installation; Main Wheel Speed Fairing Removal

MODEL 182 & T182 SERIES SERVICE MANUAL
1. Remove three screws attaching fairings
to tu- stalling screws in nutplates
holding two halves of
bular strut fairing.
brake fairing together,
then installing screws
around
2. Remove
bolt and
nut attaching clamp
to tubu-
perimeter of
fairing.
lar spring-strut.
e. After
installation,
check
scraper-to-tire
clear-
3. Spring clamp open to slide over tubular
gear ance for a minimum of 0.25-inch
to a maximum of
strut;
remove cover plate.
0.50-inch.
Elongated holes are
provided in the
4. Reverse the preceding steps to
install cover scraper for clearance
adjustments.
plates.
c. To remove
fuselage fairing, proceed as follows:
1. Remove screws attaching fairing to fuselage.
2. Remove
screws at splice
in fairing.
Always check
scraper-to-tire clearance
after
3. Work
fairing off strut
fairing.
installing
speed fairing,
whenever
a tire has
4. Reverse
the preceding steps
to install fuse-
been changed,
and whenever scraper
adjust-
lage fairing.
ment has been
disturbed. If the aircraft
is
d. To remove tubular
gear strut fairing,
proceed
flown from surfaces
with mud, snow, or ice,
as follows:
the
speed fairing should
be checked to make
1.
Remove brake fairing
as outlined in step
"a". sure there
is no accumulation
which could
2. Remove
cover plate as outlined
in step "b".
prevent normal
wheel rotation. Wipe
fuel and
3. Remove
fuselage fairing as outlined in step
oil from speed fairings to prevent
stains and
"c".
deterioration.
4. Remove screws from nutplates on tubular
gear strut fairing.
5-14. MAIN WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY.
5.
Spring fairing over tubular gear
strut. (See figure
5-4.)
6. Reverse the preceding
steps to install
tubu-
lar gear strut
fairing.
5-15. DESCRIPTION.
The aircraft
may be equipped
with
either Cleveland or
McCauley two piece
wheel
5-12.
MAIN WHEEL
SPEED FAIRING
REMOVAL.
and tire
assemblies, or,
McCauley three
piece (with
(See
figure 5-2.)
hub and
capscrews)
wheel and tire assemblies.
Sep-
a. Remove wheel
brake fairing
(item 14, figure
5-1), arate
disassembly,
inspection and
reassembly instruc-
by removing
screws around
perimeter
of fairing,
then tions
are provided
for each
type.
by removing screws
from nutplates holding
two halves
of
brake fairing together.
5-16.
REMOVAL.
b. Remove screws attaching stiffener (5) and inboard
side
of wheel speed
fairing (2)
to mounting
plate (6),
NOTE
which is attached
to the
axle.
c. Remove bolt securing outboard side of fairing to It is not necessary to remove the main wheel
axle nut. to reline the brakes or remove brake parts,
d. Loosen scraper, if necessary, and work
speed other than the brake disc
of the torque plate.
fairing
from
wheel.
a. Using an individual jack pad, jack the wheel as
5-13.
MAIN WHEEL
SPEED FAIRING
INSTALLA-
outlined in Section
2.
TION.
(See figure
5-2.)
b.
Remove hub
cap.
a. Work speed
fairing down
over wheel.
c. Remove
cotter
pin and axle
nut.
b. Install
bolt securing
outboard
side of fairing
to
d. Remove
bolts
and washers
attaching
back plate
axle nut.
to brake assembly and remove back plate.
c. Install screws
attaching stiffener (5) and inboard
e. Pull wheel assembly from axle.
side of wheel speed
fairing (2) to mounting
plate (6),
which
is attached to the axle.
5-17. DISASSEMBLY OF CLEVELAND
MAIN WHEEL
d. Install brake
fairing (item 14, figure 5-1), by in-
AND TIRE ASSEMBLY. (See figure 5-4.)
a. Deflate tire and tube and break tire beads loose
at wheel flanges.
5-6