Maintenance Manual LS8
Issued: December 2009
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Manual valid with the up-to-date cover page only
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Installation of nose hook
Proceed in reverse order of removal, watch out especially for the following:
(1) Insert spacer at position >6<
inside hook body before assembly of lever
extension.
(2) When assembling nose hook into bracket, guide spacers into position
using 12 mm open end spanner.
(3) After assembly at >3<
and connecting C.G. hook cable at pulley
(spacer!) – check proper function of both hooks.
(4) For proper overcenter of hook system, 5 mm <0.2 in> of free cable
travel must be available at cockpit T-shaped handle.
(5) Before installation of seat, check functions of pedal system and locking
of pedal adjustment, function of canopy support, electrical and
pneumatic
installations of total instrumentation and check for absence of foreign
matter.