Nose Gear Door Assembly Cleaning, Inspection And Repair; Nose Landing Gear Doors Installation; Nose Landing Gear Door Adjustment; Nose Landing Gear Door Assembly Removal, Inspection And Repair - Piper PA-24 Comanche Service Manual

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PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAl.
6-19.C1eaDing,IDspccOon And Repair Of Nose
LaDdiD,
Cear Door A_mbly.
a. Clean Ul putS with a suitable dearung solvent.
b. Inspect doors for cracks or damage. loose or damqed hinges and brackets.
c. Inspect door retraction rods for damqe and rod end bearinp for corrosion.
d. Repaa pe:uins to replacement of worn hinps. rivetS and minor skin repair.
6-20. InstaJlaaon Of NolC Landin, C... Doon.
a.
POSItion the door on the bottom cowl and atuth with hinge pins. wuhen. Uld cotter pins.
b.
Connect the retraction rod to the oleo saut and secure with pin, washer. and cotter Pins.
6-21. Adjustment Of No. LandiD, Gar Door.
a. Place the airplane on Jacks. (Refer to Jacking, Ser:tion II.)
b. Adjust the door by leftitheDinI or shoneninJ the retraction push-pull rod.
c. Retract the landin, par and attach a 9
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1 pound weilht to the left rear comer of the door.
d.
If properly adjusted. the door will deflect 1/8 inch from the fuselate.
6-2Z. Nose Gear Door Assembly. (PA·24-260. Serial Nos. 2404783 and 24-4804 and up and P.'\·24400.>
6-Zl. Removal Of NolC
Landin,
Gar Door A_mbly. (Refer to FiJv.re 6-7.)
a. With the nose landing gear extended disconnect the reuaction rods (6)
at
the aCNator piate (.) by
removing the locknuts and washen from the balljoina (5).
b. Remove the screws or hinge pins
atta~inI each
door to the bottom cowl and remove doon.
c. Remova! of nose landing gear ,door retraction mechanism.
1. Remove the door hold down spnna (3).
2. Remove the door retraction bracket UlCmbly (2) from the fuewall by removing the four
attaching nuts and bolts.
6-24. Ckania•• Inspection And Repair Of NolC
LaDdiDl Gear Doon ADd Rcnction Assembly.
a. Clean all pans in a suitable
clcaDint
solvent.
b. InSpect doon for cracks or daDuge and loose binge brackets.
c. Inspect for wear and corrosion of downlock SllriDl remetlOn rod ball joints and retraction bracket
asxmbly.
d. Repair to the assembly is limited to replacement of pIttS and minor skin repair.
6·25. InRallacion Of NOIe
Landin,
Gear Door ASlCmbly. (Refer to FilUrc 6-1.)
a. Position the retraction bracket assembly (2) on the firewall and secure with aruching bolts.
washen and nuu.
b. Install the hold down spring
(3).
c. PosItion the doors on the cowling and secure with attaching screws or hinge pins.
d. Atuc.h the retractIon rods (6) to the actUator plate (4) with washer and locknut.
LANDING GEAR AND BRAKE SYSTEM
ISSUeD: 8/18/72
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