Piper Cherokee Six Service Manual page 185

PIPER CHEROKEE SIX SERVICE MANUAL
5-22.
RUDDER AND STEERING PEDAL ASSEMBLY.
5-23.
REMOVAL OF RUDDER AND STEERING PEDAL ASSEMBLY. (Refer to
Figure 5-9.)
a.
Remove the access panel to the aft section of the fuselage.
b.
Relieve rudder and stabilator cable tension
by loosening one of the rudder
and stabilator
cable turnbuckles
in the aft section of the fuselage.
c.
Remove the fuel selector panel cover byremoving
the rudder trimknob and
the cover attachment screws.
d. Remove the lower selector cover and disconnect
the fuel selector control
lever from the selector
torque tube by removing the attachment
pin located at the
bottom of the lever.
e.
Remove the tunnel plate just aft of the tee bar by laying back enough tunnel
carpet to remove the plate attachment
screws.
f. Disconnect the stabilator control
cable from the lower end of the tee bar
assembly.
g. Remove the tee bar attachment
bolts with their washers and nuts which are
through each side of the floor tunnel.
Pull the lower end of the tee bar aft.
h.
Disconnect the control cable (19) ends from the arms on the torque tube (3)
by removing the cotter pins, washers,
nuts and bolts (20).
i . Disconnect the rudder trim from the torque tube assembly by removing the
cotter pin, washers
and bolt that connects the arm to the trim.
j . Disconnect the steering rods (21) at the rudder pedals (32 and 33) by removing nuts
and bolts (24).
k. Disconnect the brake cylinders
(12) at the lower end of each cylinder
rod
(11) by removing the cotter pins, washers, nuts and bolts (20).
1. Disconnect the vee brace(s)(29)
(two braces are usedwith right hand brakes)
from the torque tube by removing
nuts, washers and. bolts (27) that secure the
strap bracket (28) to the vee brace.
m. If an AutoPilot amplifier is installed
over the torque tube at the right side
of the fuselage, disconnect the electrical plug and release
the two fasteners that
secure it to its mounting bracket.
n.
Disconnect the torquetube support bracket (35) where it attaches
to the floor
tunnel by removing its attachment bolts.
o. Remove the two bolts (25 and 26) that extend throughthe torque tube and are
located at the center of the tube assembly over the floor tunnel. Compress the
tubes.
p. Disconnect the torque tube support blocks
(7 and 8) from their support
brackets
on each side of the fuselage by removing the attachment
nuts, washers
and bolts (6).
q. Remove the trim side panels, if desired.
SURFACE CONTROLS
Revised: 7/28/75
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