Piper SARATOGA PA-32-301 Maintenance Manual page 328

PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA-32-301/301T
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
CLEVELAND (40-90A)
1. WHEEL ASSEMBLY
2 WHEEL HALF INNER
3 BEARING CUP
4 WASHER
4
5 WHEEL HALF OUTER
6 BEARING CONE
7. BRAKE DISC
8 GREASE SEAL RETAINER
9. GREASE SEAL
10. SNAP RING
11 NUT
12 WHEEL THROUGH BOLT
13 DUST SHIELD
13
Figure 32-7. Main Wheel Assembly
WHEELS AND BRAKES.
MAIN WHEEL.
REMOVAL AND DISASSEMBLY OF MAIN WHEEL. (Refer to Figure 32-7.)
1. Place the airplane on jacks. (Refer to Chapter 7.)
2. To remove the main wheel. remove the two cap bolts that join the brake cylinder housing and the
lining back plate assemblies. Remove the back plate from between brake disc and wheel.
3. Remove the dust cover. the cotter pin and flat head pin that safeties the wheel nut. and the wheel nut.
Slide the wheel from the axle.
4. The wheel halves may be separated by first deflating the tire. With the tire sufficiently deflated.
remove the wheel through bolts. Pull the wheel halves from the tire by removing the inner half from the tire
first. and then the outer half.
5. The wheel bearing assemblies may be removed from each wheel half by first removing the snap rings
that secure the grease seal retainers. and then the retainers, grease seals and bearing cone. The bearing cups
should not be removed only for replacement and may be removed by tapping out evenly from the inside.
32-41-01
Page 32-16
Revised: August 11. 1983
2C11