Piper SARATOGA PA-32-301 Maintenance Manual page 246

PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA-32-301/301T
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
RUDDER AND STEERING PEDAL ASSEMBLY.
REMOVAL OF RUDDER AND STEERING PEDAL ASSEMBLY. (Refer to Figure 27-14.)
1. Remove the access panel to the aft section of the fuselage.
2. Relieve rudder and stabilator cable tension by loosening one of the rudder and stabilator cable
turnbuckles in the aft section of the fuselage.
3. Remove the fuel selector panel cover by removing the rudder trim knob and the cover attachment
screws.
4. Remove the lower selector cover and disconnect the fuel selector control lever from the selector
torque tube by removing the attachment pin located at the bottom of the lever.
5. Remove the tunnel platejust aft ofthe tee bar by laying back enough tunnel carpet to remove the plate
attachment screws.
6. Disconnect the stabilator control cable from the lower end of the tee bar assembly.
7. Remove the tee bar attachment bolts with their washers and nuts which are through each side of the
floor tunnel. Pull the lower end of the tee bar aft.
8. Disconnect the control cable ends from the arms of the torque tube by removing the cotter pins.
washers, nuts and bolts.
9. Disconnect the rudder trim from the torque tube assembly by removing the cotter pin. washers and
bolt that connects the arm to the trim.
10. Disconnect the steering rods at the rudder pedals by removing nuts and bolts.
II.
Disconnect the brake cylinders at the lower end of each cylinder rod by removing the cotter pins.
washers, nuts and bolts.
12. Disconnect the vee brace(s) from the torque tube by removing nuts, washers and bolts that secure the
strap bracket to the vee brace.
13. If an AutoPilot amplifier is installed over the torque tube at the right side of the fuselage. disconnect
the electrical plug and release the two fasteners that secure it to its mounting bracket.
14. Disconnect the torque tube support bracket where it attaches to the floor tunnel by removing its
attachment bolts.
15. Remove the two bolts that extend through the torque tube and are located at the center of the tube
assembly over the floor tunnel. Compress the tubes.
16. Disconnect the torque tube support blocks from their support brackets on each side of the fuselage by
removing the attachment nuts, washers and bolts.
17. Remove the trim side panels, if desired.
18. Remove the assembly from the airplane. Note the spacer washer on each end and between the support
blocks.
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Revised: August 11, 1983
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