Main Gear Push-Pull Rod Adjustment; Landing Gear Up Limit Switch View - Piper PA-24 Comanche Service Manual

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PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
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FIGURE &018. LANDING GEAR UP LIMIT SWITCH
6-56. Adjumnent
Of
No. G...
PuIb~
Rod.
a.
Atw:h the mraction rod cicY1J to the left note par
dnt
link. Shims are installed between the
clevis and drq Link for correct retraction of the nose par
:nco
the wheel weill. Two
metbo~
of attaclUMnt
of the
clevis
to the Link have bem used.
b. Oft early PA·Z4-180 aDd PA-Z.... Z 50 airplanes. the clevis bas a
threaded
stud which is screwed intO
the link assembly (mer to Fipre 6-15.) A minimum of 1/8 inch
and
a maximum of 3/8 inch of shims may
be iDsWled. Shims arc supplied in sizes of .01<t. 0.3Z. 0.64 and .125. The
c:Jcvis
torque must be from 13
to
40 foot pounds. property alianed. with the countcr-sunk .hole
side
of the .064 ud .125shimupiastthe
radius of the
clevis
stud.
c. On late PA·Z....180 and PA-Z4-Z'50. and all PA·Z....Z60 and PA·Z4-0400 airplanes. the cleW has a
lock-inK nut applied to the threaded ponion of the clevis stUd (refer to Fipre
6~15).
Shims supplied Wlth
this clevis are .032 only
and
a maximum of three may be insca11ed.
d. With the main and nose ,ear down and lodted. adjust the push.,ull rod end
fittinl
until the hole in
the rod cnd
bcarina alians
with the bole
in
the
clC'ris.
then cum the rod end in one complete cum. For
proper clearance of the clevis. install the
clevis
bolt with the countenunk ponion
at
the left or outboard
side.
LANDING GEAR AND
BRAKE SYSTEM
ISSUED: 81l1nZ
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