Maintenance Manual LS8
Issued: December 2009
Copyright DG Flugzeugbau GmbH - any copy or publishing prohibited
Manual valid with the up-to-date cover page only
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4.8 Removal and installation of the nose hook
Tools: 3/4" drive ratchet, 8 and 10 mm sockets, 3 and 4 mm hex head
driver sockets, 10 mm ring spanner, 12 mm open end spanner.
General: Note length of bolts and positioning of washers for all assembly
positions.
Keep fixing bolts, 5 spacers and lever extension with plane during
hook overhaul.
Removal of nose hook
(1) Take canopy off from fuselage according to Flight Manual section 4.3
with a helper after pulling emergency canopy release.
(2) Disassemble seat according to section 4.3.
(3) Under seat, disconnect C.G. release cable from pulley, watch for spacer.
(4) Pull pedals to rearmost position.
(5) Disconnect trim mass holder from pedal guide at >1<
.
(6) Disconnect 2 bolts >2<
at front end of canopy support from bracket,
move support as far back into cockpit as possible, disconnect gas strut
at one end if necessary.
(7) Disconnect both canopy support brackets including trim mass holder
from nose bulkhead at >3<
and move backward too.
(8) Pull nose hook together with bracket backward from bulkhead.
(9) Disassemble nose hook from bracket at >4<
and >6<, watch for 4
spacers between nose hook body and bracket and for 1 spacer inside
nose hook body at position >6<
.
(10) Disassemble drive extension with cable from drive lever at >5< .
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