Piper SARATOGA PA-32-301 Maintenance Manual page 235

PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA-32-301/301T
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
5. Connect the ends of the primary and balance control cables to the bellcrank using bolts, washers. nuts
and cotter pins. Allow the cable ends to rotate freely on the bellcrank.
6. Tighten the control cables at the balance cable turnbuckle in the floor opening aft of the main spar.
Check cable tension per Rigging and Adjustment of Aileron Controls.
7. Install the access plate on the underside of the wing, the floor panel, seat belt attachments and seats.
RIGGING AND ADJUSTMENT OF AILERON CONTROLS. (Refer to Figures 27-5 and 27-6.)
- NOTE -
Flap adjustment must be complete before starting aileron
adjustment.
1. To check and adjust the rigging of the aileron controls, first set the right and left aileron bellcranks at
neutral position. (Ascertain that the control chains have been rigged per Installation of Control Column
Assembly.) This may be accomplished by the following procedure:
A. Remove the access plate to each aileron bellcrank located on the underside of the wing, forward
of the inboard end of the aileron by removing the plate attaching screws.
B. Affix a bellcrank rigging tool, as shown in Figure 27-5, between the forward arm of each
bellcrank and the adjacent rib. (This tool may be fabricated from dimensions given in Chapter 95.) The slotted
end of the tool fits on the arm forward of and adjacent to the primary control cable end. The other end of the
tool is positioned so that the side of the tool contacts the aft side of the bellcrank stop. The bellcrank must be
moved to allow a snug fit of the tool between the bellcrank arm and rib. To do so, it may be necessary to loosen
a primary control cable or the balance cable. Neutral position of the bellcranks is the position at which the
forward and aft cable connection holes are an equal distance from the adjacent outboard wing rib.
2. With each bellcrank set at neutral, the ailerons may be checked and adjusted for neutral as follows:
A. Ascertain that the bellcrank rigging tool fits snug between the bellcrank and the rib.
B. Place an aileron rigging tool as shown in Figure 27-6 against the underside of the wing and
aileron as close as possible to the inboard end of the aileron without contacting any rivets. The tool must be
positioned paralleled with the wing ribs, with the aft end of the tool, even with the trailing edge of the aileron.
(This tool may be fabricated from dimensions given in Chapter 95.)
C. With the aileron control rod connected between the bellcrank and aileron, check that the surface
of the wing contacts the tool at its forward surface and at the spacer, and the trailing edge of the flap contacts
the aft end of the tool. The aileron is neutral at this position.
D. Should the three points not contact, loosen the jam nut at the aft end of the control rod and
rotate the rod until the three points contact. Apply a slight up pressure against the trailing edge of the aileron
while making this adjustment. After adjustment, retighten the jam nut.
3. Adjust primary and balance cable tension as given in Figure 27-4 by the following procedure:
A. Remove the two front seats if desired, the center seat and floor panel to facilitate in the necessary
operation.
B. Loosen the connecting bolts of the idler cross-over sprockets at the control tee bar to allow the
chain to fit snug around the control wheel sprockets and over the idler sprockets.
C. Ascertain that both bellcranks are at neutral position.
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Revised: August 11, 1983
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