Piper Dakota Maintenance Manual page 267

e. Align control cables and position control wheel assembly between its mounting brackets. Ensure
that end of trim indicator wire is positioned in spiraled slot of the drum with no bind on the end.
Install retainer bolt from left side and install washer and nut.
f. Install cover over control wheel and secure with screws, unless control cables have not been
installed.
2. Install trim control cable as follows:
a. Draw cable(s) through floor tunnel.
b. Wrap cable drum and install trim control wheel as given in step l.
c. Position cable pulleys on their mounting bracket within floor tunnel and install clevis pin, washer,
and cotter pin.
d. Connect cable to aft cable at turnbuckle in aft section of fuselage. Install aft cable if not installed.
e. If previously installed, install pulleys in aft lower section of fuselage at station 156.5 forward of
cable turnbuckles.
f. Install cable guard at underside of pulleys located just aft of flap torque tube at station 127.25 and
secure.
g. Install cable rub blocks located on aft side of main spar housing and secure with screws.
h. Remove blocks that secure aft trim cable and check that cables are seated on their pulleys.
3. Set cable tension and check rigging and adjustment per Rigging and Adjustment of stabilator Trim.
Check safety of all turnbuckles.
4. Install tunnel cover on tunnel and secure with screws.
5. Install carpet over floor tunnel.
6. Install cover over trim control wheel and secure with screws and special washers.
7. Install floor panel and seat belt attachments aft of main spar and secure panel with screws.
8. Install panel to aft section of airplane and the seats.
STABILATOR TRIM ASSEMBLY (AFT)
REMOVAL OF STABILATOR TRIM ASSEMBLY (AFT) (Figure 27-18)
l. Remove access panel to aft section of fuselage.
2. Block trim cables at first set of pulleys forward of cable turnbuckles by a method shown in figure
27-17.
3. Disconnect cable at turnbuckles.
4. Remove tall cone by removing its attaching screws.
5. Disconnect link between trim screw and trim control arm by removing nut, washer, and bolt that
connects link to screw.
6. Remove cotter pin from top of screw, and turn screw down and out of barrel.
7. Remove snap ring, washer, and thrust washer from bottom of barrel.
8. Disconnect diagonal rib from horizontal rib that supports trim assembly by removing four attaching
nuts, washers, and bolts.
9. Draw trim cable from fuselage.
PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA-28-236
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
1L10
27- 34 - 00
Page 27 - 35
Reissued: August 1, 1986