Piper Cherokee Six - Page 193

PIPER
CHEROKEE
SIX SERVICE
MANUAL
position. Neutral
position can be
determined by standing
behind the
airplane and
sighting the
rudder with the
vertical stabilizer
or the center of
the trim screw.
5. Check
safety of
turnbuckles.
c. Check
that when
the rudder contacts
its stops, the
clearance between
the
nose
wheel stops
and the
nose wheel
horn is between
.06
and .12 of
an inch. A
more accurate
check can
be made with weight
off of the nose
wheel. Adjust
the
stops according
to Alignment
of Nose
Landing Gear,
Section VI.
d. Install
the tail cone and
the access panel
to the aft section
of the fuselage.
5-29.
RUDDER TRIM CONTROLS.
(Refer to Figure
5-14.)
5-30. REMOVAL OF RUDDER TRIM CONTROLS.
a. Remove the
cover (1) from
over the trim control
assembly
by removing
attachment screws.
b. Remove the fuel selector
panel cover by removing the
rudder trim (2) and
the cover attachment screws.
c. Rotate the trim
knob (2) to
the extreme left
(counterclockwise)
trim posi-
tion.
d.
Disconnect the
housing lug from
the arm on the
rudder pedal torque
tube
by removing cotter pin, nut, washer and bolt (7).
e. Remove
the threaded bushing
(4) from the
aft end of the
mounting channel
(8)
by removing
cotter
pin and
clevis
pin (5).
Some
mounting
channels
have two
holes in the aft end, note from
which hole the clevis pin
was removed.
f. The mounting channel
(8) may be removed by removing
the channel attach-
ment screws
at the inside
of the channel.
The middle and
aft screws (9)
need
only be turned
out while the forward screw (10)
is secured by a nut on the side
of
the floor tunnel. To remove the forward screw, lift the floor carpet on the right
side of the tunnel adjacent to the channeland remove the access plate on the side
of the tunnel.
Secure the nut
and turn out the screw.
5-31. INSTALLATION OF RUDDER TRIM CONTROLS. (Refer toFigure5-14.)
a. Install
the trim control mounting channel
(8) on the upper side of the floor
tunnel. A spacer plate (14) is installed between the channel and the tunnel. In-
stall the middle and aft attachment
screws (9). These screws
are secured with
anchor nuts. The forward screw (10) though is secured with a nut that must be
held from within the channel.
b. Install the access plate on the side of the tunnel and secure carpet in place.
c. Before attaching the assembly
to the mounting channel, ascertain
that the
clips (11)are installed sothe
safetywire (2) will be on top.
Also that the threaded
SURFACE CONTROLS
Issued: 8/17/72
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