THE NEW PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC.
PA-32-301FT / 301XTC
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
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Jun 1/03
2K22
27-50-00
(2) Flap Handle and Bracket:
Place the assembly on the floor tunnel and secure with bolts.
(3) Flap Control Cable:
(a) Attach the cable and turnbuckle to the flap handle arm and secure with a new clevis bolt,
nut and cotter pin. Ascertain that the turnbuckle end is free to rotate on the arm.
(b) Route the cable through the tunnel and spar housing.
(c) Install the cable rub blocks on the aft side of the spar housing and secure with screws.
(d) Install cotter pin cable guard over pulley located just ahead of the spar housing in the
forward floor tunnel.
(e) Attach the cable end to the tension chain and secure with bushing, clevis bolt, nut and
cotter pin. If the chain is not installed because of the torque tube assembly being
removed, install the assembly as given above.
(f) Pull the flap handle full back and connect the tension spring to the cable end.
(4) Install the tunnel cover and secure with screws. Also the tunnel carpet, heat deflectors, and
bracket cover.
(5) Install the floor panel and seat belt attachments. Secure with screws and install seats.
C. Rigging and Adjustment
CAUTION: VERIFY FREE AND CORRECT MOVEMENT OF FLAPS. WHILE IT WOULD SEEM
SELF-EVIDENT, FIELD EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THIS CHECK IS
FREQUENTLY MISINTERPRETED OR NOT PERFORMED AT ALL. ACCORDINGLY,
UPON COMPLETION OF FLAP RIGGING AND ADJUSTMENT, VERIFY THAT THE
FLAPS MOVE UP WHEN THE FLAP HANDLE IS DOWN; AND, THAT THE FLAPS
MOVE DOWN WHEN THE FLAP HANDLE IS UP.
(1) Place the flap handle in the full forward, flap retracted position.
(2) If not previously accomplished, remove the floor panel just aft of the main spar.
(3) Adjust the flap stop screws located below the floor panel at the outer ends of the flap torque
tube. (See Figures 2 and 4.)
(a) Back off the left flap stop screw.
(b) Adjust the right flap stop screw to obtain approximately .60 inch between the stop fitting
and the bearing block as measured along the top side of the screw. (Refer to Figure 2.)
(c) With the right stop screw adjusted, locked, and against the stop, adjust the left stop screw
to contact the stop and lock it.
(4) Adjust the flap control cable turnbuckle to remove all slack. Do not tighten cable to the point
that the stop screw comes off the stop.
(5) Place a 0.125 inch thick spacer between the right hand stop screw and stop fitting. With flaps
installed and control rods connected, determine that when down pressure is applied on top of
the flap, it will not cause the flap to come down. If the flap extends (comes down under
pressure), turn the stop screws out a few turns until the flap remains in the up-lock position
under pressure. Adjust both left and right flap stop screws, tighten jam nuts and remove the
spacer block.
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