LANCE II SERVICE MANUAL
FUSELAGE SKIN
(REFERENCE)
1. STEERING
BELLCRANK 5. JAM NUT
9. BOLT ASSEMBLY
2. STEERING
ROD
6. SHIMMY DAMPENER
10. ACTUATOR
ROD, CYLINDER
3. UPPER DRAG LINK 7. STRUT HOUSING 11. STRUT TUBE
4. GEAR UP STOP 8. ROD END BEARING
Figure
7-3. Nose Gear
Adjustment
k. Retract landing
gear and check door operation
as per Paragraph 7-17.
1. Check
the alignment
of the
nose gear per
Paragraph 7-13.
m.
Remove the airplane
from jacks.
7-12. ADJUSTMENT
OF NOSE LANDING GEAR. (Refer
to Figure 7-3.) The gear up stop
(4) is located on under
side of upper drag
link (3).
a.
Remove the engine
cowl. For removal
instructions,
refer to Paragraph
7-9, Step a.
b.
Place the airplane
on jacks.
(Refer to
Jacking, Section
II.)
c. Retract the
landing gear hydroelectrically
by
turning the master
switch on, raising
the emergency gear
extension lever
and moving the gear
selector handle to
the UP position.
Retain the emergency
extension
lever in
the UP Override
position.
d. Check the adjustment
of the
gear up stop by placing
a carpenters
square with the
longest
end along the bottom
of the fuselage,
and the shortest
end running up through
the
centerline
of the wheel axle.
Measure up along
the square from
the bottom of the
fuselage
4.80
inches, to
determine if
the center of
the wheel
axle meets this
measurement.
If this
measurement
is incorrect, extend
the gear, loosen
the jam nut (5)
on the gear up stop,
and
make the required adjustment by turning the stop.
e. Adjust
rod end of
nose gear
retracting cylinder
so that
at least .07
to .10 rod
travel
remains to full extension
when the
downlock is fully
engaged. Check rod
end safety hole
and
tighten
safety nut.
f. Recheck all adjustments and
retighten the jam nut on the gear up
stop. When the
gear is
fully retracted,
the strut
tube (11) should
be firmly
against the
gear up stop.
Extend
the gear.
Issued:
1/3/78
LANDING
GEAR
AND
BRAKE
SYSTEM
1J20