Flap Step Adjustment; Flap Rigging Tool - Piper Cherokee Six Service Manual

Figure 5-16.
Flap Step Adjustment
Figure 5-17.
Flap Rigging Tool
d.
Place a .125 spacer between the stop fitting and the end of the screw. De-
termine
that when pressure
is applied down on the flap, it will remain in the up-
lock position.
If it extends, turn the adjustment
screw out a few threads
at a time
until the flap remains
in the up-lock position with the spacer inserted.
Tighten
the jam nut.
e.
Rotate the left stop adjustment
screw until it contacts the stop fitting. Tighten
the jam nut.
f.
Set the flap control cable tension (handle next to floor, 0 degrees)
as given
in Table V-I at the turnbuckle
that is attached to the lower end of the flap handle
in the floor tunnel.
To do this and if not previously removed,
remove the flap
handle cover and enough tunnel carpet to remove
the tunnel cover just aft of the
handle.
Adjust and resafety
the turnbuckle.
NOTE
Do not rotate
the torque tube while retensioning
the
cable or tighten tight enough to allow tube to be pulled
away from its stops.
g.
To check up -neutral position of the flaps, place a flap rigging tool as shown
in Figure 5-17 against the underside
of the wing and flap as close as possible to
the outboard end of the flap without contacting
any rivets.
The tool must be po-
sitioned parallel
with the wing ribs with the aft end of the tool evenwith
the trail-
ing edge of the flap. (This tool may be fabricated
from dimensions
given in Fig-
SURFACE CONTROLS
Issued: 8/17/72
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