Piper COMANCHE PA-24-180 Service Manual page 224

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
6-38. Inallion
Of Main Landing Ger Door Assembly.
a
Posiion the gear door in place nd secure with ariching screr. Mainin equal clearnce between
door and wing panel.
b. Connect the reracrion rod to the oleo strut with anaching bot. waher and nut.
6-39. Adjument Of Main Lading Gear Doon.
a
Ascerain that there is an all aound even clearance between the door and wing panel when the
door is in the retracted position.
b. Adjust by loosening the door hinge screws in the wing panel repositioning the door and
retighening the screws.
c. The gear door ctuaing rods should be adjused so that
nine pound weight suspended at the
center ine of the inboard edge of the door in the retncted position will creae a 0.125 of an inch deflection
from the wing contour at the inboard edge of the door.
6-40. Replacement Of Wiper Strip On LLnding Ger Srrus.
Place the airpane on jacks. (Refer to Jcking, Section [I.)
b. Jack the airplane only high enough to cake weight off the gear.
c.
Relese the air presure from the strut by depresing the valve core pin until the pressure has
diminished.
d.
Using smap ring pliers, disengage the snap ring from the annular slot in the oleo housing and allow
it to lay ra the lower end of the piston rube along with the wiper srip retainer wsher.
e.
Remove the old wiper strip from the housing, and clean and inspecc the housing to determine that
no pieces remain in it.
f.
Wipe the piston cube and check it for any abrasions which may damage the new wiper. Polish the
rube to remove any abrasions found.
g. A new wiper crip should be cut siraight across, and a little longer than needed, o circle the piston
cube.
h. Insert the new wiper strip up into the oleo housing with che tapered edge down. Slide the retainer
washer and snap ring up the piston rube and insert them into the oleo housing. Using snap ring pliers to
compress the map ring, install it into the annular slot in the oleo housing. -
i.
Inflate the oleo struc in accordance with instructions given in Oleo Strus, Section 11 and remove
the airplane from the jacks.
LANDING GEAR AND BRAKE SYSTEM
ISSUED: 8/18/72
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