Piper Cherokee Six - Page 322

PIPER
CHEROKEE
SIX
SERVICE
MANUAL
6A-9. REMOVAL
OF NOSE
LANDING
GEAR.
(Refer to
Figure 6A-2.)
a. Remove
the
engine
cowling
by the following
procedure:
1.
Release
the cowl
fasteners,
two
on each
side and
two at the
top aft
of the cowl.
2.
Lift the
aft end
of
the cowl
and
then slide
it forward
to release
the
two stud
type
front fasteners.
Remove
the
top cowl.
3. Disconnect
the landing
light lead
at the
quick
disconnect
at
the right
rear
side of
the
bottom
cowl.
4. Remove
the
induction
air
filter
access
door,
the filter
and
four bolts
which
hold
the air
box to the
cowl.
5.
Remove
the screws
securing
the bottom
cowl
at
its aft
end and
fuselage
firewall
flange.
6.
Remove
screws
which
support
bottom
cowl to
the nose
gear doors
support
brackets,
and fuselage
firewall
flange.
7.
Push nose
gear doors
inward
against
spring
pressure
and remove
bottom
cowl.
b.
Place
the airplane
on jacks.
(Refer
to
Jacking,
Section
II.)
c. Disconnect
the
gear tension
springs
(15,
17 and
46) from
the forward
spring
arm
(43) that
is attached
to the
right side
of the
strut housing
(25).
d.
Retract
nose
gear slightly
to remove
the
gear from
its
downlocked
position.
e.
To remove
the upper
and
lower
drag
links
(32 and
35),
the following
procedure
may
be used:
1.
Disconnect
the
rod end
of
the hydraulic
cylinder
(42)
from
the downlock
hook
(40) by
removing
nut and
bolt that
connects
these two
units.
This will
require manually
unlocking
the
nose
gear to
allow
clearance
from
the engine
mount.
CAUTION
Whenever
aircraft
is
placed
on jacks
for
the
purpose
of
manually
retracting
the
nose gear
assembly,
insure
the
nose
gear
downlock
is
fully
disengaged
before
releasing
the
nose
gear
drag
links.
Damage
could
occure
to
the downlock
if not
disengaged
fully.
2.
Retract
the gear
and
disconnect
the
gear
downlock
spring
(39)
from
the upper
drag link (35).
3.
Remove
the cotter
pins,
washers
and
nuts
from
the bolts
that
secure
the upper
drag
link (35) and
lower drag link
(32).
4.
Remove
the lower
and
upper
gear
tension
spring
arms
(43
and
45).
5.
Slide
the attachment
bolts
from
the
upper
and
lower
drag
links
and
remove
the
links.
f.
With the
lower
drag link
(32) disconnected
from
the gear
oleo housing
(25),
the
housing
may
be removed
by
removing
cotter
pins,
nuts, washers,
and bolts
(7 and
33) at
the
attachment
points
on each
side
of the housing
at the
engine
mount.
g.
The
steering
bellcrank
(4 may
be
removed
by
removing
the nut
and
bolt (3)
at the
steering
rod,
and
nut and
bolt
(13) with
bushing
at
the bellcrank
pivot
point.
6A-10.
CLEANING,
INSPECTION
AND
REPAIR
OF
NOSE
LANDING
GEAR.
a. Clean
all
parts with-a-suitable-dry
type
cleaning
solvent
Revised:
7/29/77
LANDING
GEAR
AND
BRAKE
SYSTEM
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