Main Landing Gear Door Assembly Installation; Main Landing Gear Doors Adjustment; Wiper Strip On Landing Gear Struts Replacement - Piper PA-24 Comanche Service Manual

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
~38.
InsraUaaon Of Main
LaadiD,
Gar Door
A.mbly.
a.
Position the ,cat door in place and secure with attaebinc
screws.
Maintain equal clarancc betwcen
door and wing paael.
b. Connect the retr.u:tion rod to the oleo strue wim
artachiDI
bolt. wuber aDd nut.
6-39. Adjumnmt Of Main LaadiDI
Gar Doon.
a.
Ascertain that there is an all
around even
c1an.Dc:e between the door and
wiDt
panel when the
door is
in
the mracted position.
b.
Adjust
by loosenifts
the
door
binfe
screws in
me
wiaJ
paad.
rqKIIitionm,
the
door
and
retiJhtening the screws.
c. The
,CI.t
door aCNatiDI rods should be adjuaed 10 that a Dine
pound
weilbt suspended
at
the
center line
of
the inboard
tdJe
of the
door
in
the
rctneted pOlition will crace a O.US of an inch
deflection
from the
wing
contour at the inboard
edp
of the door.
6-40. Replacement Of Wipe Scrip On LlDdin, Gar Saua.
a. Place the airplane on jacks. (Refer to
Jac:IciDI.
5eetiollll.)
b.
lacx
the airplane only
hiJh
CDO"Ib to take
wcipe
off the pat.
c.
Releue the air
p~
from the strut by
deprasm;
the
¥11ft
core pin until the pressure has
diminished.
d. Using snap "III
pliers. dianpce the snap
rint
from
the
UIIlWar sloe
in the oleo housm, and allow
it to lay at the lower end of the piston tube al0l'll with the
Wiper strip retainer WIlber.
e. Remove the old
wiper
strip from the housinC.
and c1aD and iDspcn
the
housinl
to determine that
no pieces remain in
it,
f.
Wipe the piston cube and check it for any abrasions
which
may
damar
the raew
wiper.
Polish the
rube to remove any abrasions found.
g.
A
new wiper strip should be
CUt
strailht acroUt and a linle loftier than needed.
to circle the piston
cube.
b. Insert the new
wiper
strip up
intO
the oleo housinJ with the tapered cdte down. Slide the retainer
washer and snap
ring
up the piston Nbc and inxn them into the oleo
hOUlinJ.
Usine map ring pliers to
compress the map ring. insull it into the annular slot in the oico bousina.
i.
Inflate the oleo
smlt
ill
accordance with instructions Jiven
ill
Oleo Scnaa, Section 11. and remove
the airplane from the jacks.
LANDING GEAR AND BRAKE SYSTEM
ISSUED: 8/18/72
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