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MODEL 182 & T182 SERIES SERVICE MANUAL
1-14.
CONTROL CABLE WIRE BREAKAGE
as shown. While rotating cable, inspect bent area for
AND CORROSION LIMITATIONS.
broken wires.
a. Inspection of Control Cables.
(b)
Wire breakage criteria for cables in
1. Control cable assemblies are subject to a
flap, aileron, rudder, and elevator systems are as
variety of environmental conditions and forms of
follows:
deterioration that ultimately may be easy to recognize
(1) Individual broken wires are acceptable
such as wire/strand breakage, or the not so readily
in primary and secondary control
visible types of deterioration including corrosion
cables at random locations when there
and/or distortion. The following information will aid
are no more than six broken wires in
in detecting these cable conditions.
any given ten-inch cable length.
2. Broken Wire.
3. Corrosion.
(a)
Examine cables for broken wires by
(a)
Carefully examine any cable for
passing a cloth along length of cable. This will detect
corrosion that has a broken wire in a section not in
broken wires, if cloth snags on cable. Critical areas for
contact with wear-producing airframe components
wire breakage are those sections of cable which pass
such as pulleys, fairleads, rub blocks, etc. It may be
through fairleads, across rub blocks, and around
necessary to remove and bend cable to properly inspect
pulleys. If no snags are found, then no further
it for internal strand corrosion as this condition is
inspection is required. If snags are found or broken
usually not evident on outer surface of cable. Replace
wires are suspected, then a more detailed inspection is
cable if internal corrosion is found. If a cable has been
necessary which requires that the cables be bent in a
wiped clean of its corrosion-preventive lubricant and
loop to confirm broken wires (refer to figure 1-7).
metal-brightened, the cable shall be examined closely
Loosen or remove cable to allow it to be bent in a loop
for corrosion.
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