Piper COMANCHE PA-24-180 Service Manual page 276

PIPER COMANCHE SERVICE MANUAL
6-107. Inspecon Of The laing Ger Mia l Reurac Sysmm. (Refece
mterial from Secrion VI
of this Service ManuL)
a.
Place the airplane on jaks. (Refr to pr ph 2-10.)
b. Disconnec each gear from die acnuaor. (Refer
to
paagraphs 646 nd 647.) Alo diconect the
put center locking sprin
c.
Inpect all componemr for conditio and war. (Refer o pragraph 64 and Tables V-411 and
VI-IV for ear limia.)
d.
Impec rod ends for wr by dinching the bering berweca bolt and nat amngemir a shown
in Figure 641, and using a dial indicaror meure the
cal free play between the ball and race, the
maximum service limit ii .005 of a inch.
e.
Check the chru center ravel of both the left and rilbr drag link on the nose gear. (Refer to
pargraph 613 and Figure 6-3.)
NOTE
lanre thd both nose par drag links contact their snps imultanouly.
(Refer to puzgraph 6-15, Sep "h.")
£ Check the rhru cner r
vel of ech main ear sidebrace lin (Refer o paragrph 6-32 nd Fire
6-a&)
g.
Inall the downlock sprinp on the nos gear. If only one spring is ued, obtain Piper Service Kit
761 082 for additiaal spring imsaldion. (Refr to paragraph 614 for insuladon insructions.)
h.
Disconnect and inspect main gar push-pull cable prior to imulluio (Refer to pageph
6 48.)
i Hookup both main geas and chek mnual reuraction only. (Tranmimion not connec.) (Refer
to paragaph 6-50.) Coordinate the rovrcener locks. (Refer to papgrah 6-55.)
j.
Hookup die nose gear (refer to paragraph 6-49) and rig
to
operate with the main gear.
(Transmssion not connected.) Coordinate the overcenter locks. (Refer to paagraph 6-56.)
NOTE
Ac this point the landing ar is now in a downlocked seviceable
condition, wihout the benefit of the utnsmision
k.
Perform a landing gar renacion load est per paragraph 6-58.
L
Perform a retraion and exnion
cycle of the landing gear electrically. Make the necessary limit
switch adjutments per informartion given in paragraphs 6-51 thr 6-67.
m. Insure that the landing gear is down and locked; then remove the airplane from jacks. Make the
appropriate logbook entries.
LANDING GEAR AND BRAKE SYSTEM
S
REVISED: 103/77
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