Flight Compartment Windows; Windshield - Piper Malibu Meridian PA-46-500TP Airplane Maintenance Manual

1.

Windshield

A. Removal
(1) If removing the pilot's windshield (i.e. - heated), disconnect the battery and remove external
power connections, if any.
(2) Remove all screws which attach the windshield to the retainer and the retainer to the fuselage.
(3) If removing heated windshield, disconnect black ground wire from tooling hole near instrument
panel support clip.
(4) Remove the retainer.
(5) Remove the windshield.
B. Installation
(1) If the old retainer is being reused, remove all traces of the old sealant from its inside surface.
(2) Remove all traces of the old sealant from the shims, windshield mounting angles and retainer
mating surfaces.
(3) All corners must be broken and all edges smooth and free of tool marks.
(4) Check fit the windshield to the fuselage to ensure that it will fit the contour of the fuselage. If
replacing the co-pilot's windshield (i.e. - acrylic), trim excess material as required.
(5) If using a new retainer:
(a) Check fit and trim to fit as required. The areas most likely to require trimming are the lower
left outboard side and along the bottom edge near the center post.
(b) Using the old retainer as a template, drill .191 inch screw holes. Countersink the screw
holes .380 in. dia. x 100 degrees.
NOTE: For the pilot's heated glass windshield, apply a parting agent (Polyvinyl Alcohol, P/N
915-936, or equivilent) to the faying surface of the retainer and do not install silicone
rubber tubes in the screw holes as described in step (6), below.
(6) Apply sealant per Figure 1 and install windshield insuring that a silicone rubber tube is installed
in each tooling hole in the windshield. Torque any fasteners which penetrate the windshield
from 19 to 22 in. - lbs.
(7) If installing glass heated windshield, connect black ground wire to tooling hole near instrument
panel support clip with a MS35206-215 screw, AN960-4 washer, MS35338-41 lock washer,
and a MS21044N04 nut.
(8) Install the retainer.
(9) Conduct the Pressurization System Test, 21-30-00.
(10) Reconnect the battery and, if desired, external power.
(11) Conduct the Heated Windshield Test, 30-40-00.
(12) Prime and paint as desired.
(13) Make a proper logbook entry documenting this installation.
6J7
PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC.
PA-46-500TP, MALIBU MERIDIAN
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
FLIGHT COMPARTMENT
56-10-00
Apr 15/07
PAGE 1