Door Cable Assembly; Door Latching Mechanism - Piper Malibu Meridian PA-46-500TP Airplane Maintenance Manual

B. Installation
(1) Position the door support on the door and fuselage.
(2) Secure the door support to the door and to the door frame with the previously removed nuts
and washers.
4.

Door Cable Assembly

A. Removal
The door cable assemblies are attached to lugs on the door's frame.
(1) Open the lower door.
(2) Support the lower door and remove the cable retaining screws, washers, and nuts from the
door lug and door frame lug.
(3) Remove the cable assembly.
B. Installation
(1) Attach the eye end of the cable to the door frame lug.
(2) Attach the yoke end of the cable to the door lug.
5.

Door Latching Mechanism

A. Description
The upper door locking mechanism consists of an external and internal handle which actuate two
locking pins in the lower corners of the door and two locking hooks which protrude out of the lower
edge of the door. When the handle is rotated to the open position, the guide pins and latch hooks
are disengaged and withdrawn into the door.
An auxiliary lock is installed in the upper door under the interior handle to prevent inadvertent
opening of the door. When opening the door from inside the airplane, the auxiliary lock handle must
be pulled inboard to allow the door handle to rotate.
The lower door locking mechanism is similar to the upper mechanism except that it has no latch
hooks and only one handle. Lifting the latch handle up withdraws the two pins into the door.
B. Upper Door
(1) Removal
(a) To remove the door handle bellcrank: (refer to Figure 1)
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(b) To remove the pushrod assemblies and the door retaining pins:
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PA-46-500TP, MALIBU MERIDIAN
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Remove the pin which retains the interior door handle to the bellcrank assembly.
Remove the handle.
Remove the bellcrank support from the interior of the door by removing the rivets
from the bellcrank support.
Remove the pins which attach the bellcrank to the pushrods.
Remove the bellcrank retaining screw from the bellcrank.
Pull the bellcrank assembly from the door.
Remove the pin which connects the pushrod assembly to the bellcrank assembly.
Disconnect the pins and washer which secures the pushrod assembly to the door
retaining pins.
Slide the pushrod and door retaining pin out of the door.
Repeat Steps 1, 2, and 3 for the remaining side.
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