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CAUTION:Under-shimmingorover-shimmingofthespinnerfrontsupport

couldresultinspinnerwobble,vibration,and/orbulkheadand

spinnercracking.Followshimmingprocedurescarefully.

(1)Iftheaftspinnerbulkheadandthebulkheadmountingplatewereremovedfromthepropeller

assembly,installthemountingplatesandaftspinnerbulkheadontothepropeller.

NOTE:Bulkheadmountingplatesareusedonspinnerassembliesthatdonothaveanaft

bulkheadthatisinstalledbetweentheenginecrankshaftandthepropellermounting

ange.

(a)Installthemountingplatesontothepropellerassemblywiththesplitbetweentheplates

in-linewiththeNo.1propellerblade.

(b)Torquebolts72to84InchPounds(8.13to9.49N-m).

(c)Securetheboltswithlockwireinsetsofthree.

(d)Installthebulkheadassemblyontothemountingplates.

NOTE:Makesurethebulkheadassemblyispositionedcorrectlytopermitthe

installationofthelletassembliesaftofthepropellerblades.

(e)Torquebolts30to36InchPounds(3.39to4.07N-m).

(2)Ifrequired,installpropellerspinnerlletsonthebulkheadwithscrewsandwashers.

(a)Forpropellersequippedwithananti-icesystem(anti-iceuidshoes),refertotheAnti-Ice

sectionofthismanual,foradditionalinstallationinstructions).

(3)Insertthesamenumberofshimsintospinnersupportaswereremoved,andlightlypressthe

spinnersupportontopropellercylinder.Makesuretheindexmarksmadewithafelttippenalign

betweenthespinnerandthepropellerblade.

(4)Putthespinnershellontothebulkheadandlletassemblywiththealignmentmarksmatched.

(a)Pressrmlyaftonthespinner.

(b)Makesurethespinnerholesareapproximatelyone-halfholediameterforwardofthe

matchingholesinthebulkhead.

(c)Addorsubtractshimstospinnersupportuntilspinnershellmountingholesare

approximatelyhalfaholefrombeingintruealignmentwithbulkheadholes.

(5)Pushonthespinnershellanduseanawlorasmallpunchinanadjacentholetomovethe

spinnershellscrewholeintoalignmentwithbulkheadholeandinstallwasherandscrew.Repeat

thisprocedureonopposingholesuntileightevenlyspacedscrewsandwashersareinstalled.

(6)Securepropellerspinnertothebulkheadandlletassemblieswithremainingscrewsand

washers.

F.OperationalCheckofInstalledPropeller

(1)RefertotheapplicableairplanePilot'sOperatingHandbook,PreightInspectionandBefore

Takeoff(enginerunning)PropellerControlcheckofthepropellercyclingfromhighRPMtolow

RPMandbacktohighRPM.Thisisasufcientoperationalcheckoftheinstalledpropeller.

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