PIPER CHEROKEE SIX / LANCE SERVICE MANUAL
II - HANDLING AND SERVICING
03/27/08
1C10
2-53. FILLING MAIN GEAR OLEO STRUT (
PA-32-260 and 300
).
To fill with fluid. a main gear oleo strut that is partly full or that has been completely emptied proceed as
follows:
a.
Raise the airplane on jacks until the landing gear torque link assembly has almost reached its full
travel. (Refer to Jacking, Paragraph 2-15.)
b.
Place a pan under the gear to catch spillage.
c.
If not previously accomplished, remove the cap on top of the wing to gain access to the top of the
strut housing, and relieve air from the strut housing chamber by removing the cap from the air valve
and depressing the valve core.
d.
Remove any one of the three torque link bolts, and again raise the airplane until a minimum of ten
inches (do not exceed twelve inches of tube exposure) of strut tube is exposed with the wheel
remaining on the ground. With this amount of tube exposed, it will allow fluid to flow from the
middle chamber to the bottom chamber of the strut housing insuring that the bottom chamber is
filled with fluid.
NOTE: With the torque links disconnected, the piston tube is free to slide from the strut housing.
e.
Fill the main gear housing by one of two methods which are as follows:
First Method:
1.
Remove the valve core from the filler plug at the top of the strut housing. Allow the plug to
remain installed.
2.
Attach one end of a clear plastic hose to the valve stem of the filler plug and submerge the
other end in a container of hydraulic fluid.
3.
Fully compress and extend (ten +2 -0 inches of strut tube exposed) the strut thus drawing fluid
from the fluid container and expelling air from strut chambers. By watching the fluid pass
through the plastic hose, it can be determined when the strut is full and no air is present in the
chambers. The strut must be extended the full ten inches to allow fluid to enter the bottom
chamber of strut housing.
4.
When air bubbles cease to flow through the hose, compress the strut fully and remove the hose
from the valve stem.
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