NOSE GEAR (Cont.)
CLEANING, INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF NOSE LANDING GEAR
1. Clean all parts with a suitable dry type cleaning solvent.
2. Inspect gear components for following unfavorable conditions:
a. Bolts, bearings and bushings for excess wear, corrosion and damage.
b. Gear housing, drag links, torque links, and tension spring arm for cracks, bends or misalignment.
c. Downlock hook for excess wear of the hook and bearing surfaces.
d. Downlock pin to insure no looseness is present.
3. Inspect gear tension and downlock hook springs for the following:
a. Excess wear or corrosion, especially around hook portion of springs. A spring should be rejected
if wear or corrosion exceeds one-quarter diameter of spring. Clean away all corrosion and repaint.
b. Check gear tension springs for load tensions below minimum allowable tolerances. Minimum
allowable tension of inner spring is 37 pounds pull at 13.75 inches and outer is 60 pounds pull at
13.75 inches. Measurement is taken from inner side of each hook. If it is found that either spring
should be rejected, replace both springs.
c. Check gear downlock hook spring for load tension below minimum allowable tolerance.
Minimum tension of spring is 10.5 pounds pull at 4.5 inches. Measurement is also taken from
inner side of each hook.
4. Check general condition of each limit switch and its actuator, and wiring for fraying, poor connections
or conditions that may lead to failures.
5. Check drag link through center travel by attaching upper and lower drag links, and ascertaining that
when stop surfaces of two links touch, linkage is not less than .062 nor more than .250 of an inch
through center. Should distance exceed required through center travel and bolt and bushing are tight,
replace one or both drag links.
6. Shimmy dampener requires no service other than routine inspection. In case of damage or malfunction,
dampener should be replaced rather than repaired.
7. Repair to landing gear is limited to reconditioning of parts such as replacing bearings and bushings,
smoothing out minor nicks and scratches, repainting of areas where paint has chipped or peeled and
replacement of parts.
INSTALLATION OF NOSE LANDING GEAR
– NOTE –
When assembling any units of landing gear, lubricate bearings,
bushings, and friction surfaces with proper lubricant as
described in Chapter 12.
1. Attach steering bellcrank with bushing to its mounting plate on engine mount and connect steering
rods. Secure each with bolt and nut. Adjustment, fore and aft, of bellcrank may be made after gear has
been installed and rigged and adjusted.
2. To install gear housing assembly, position the gear so that bolt attachment points on housing align with
attachment points on engine mount. Install pivot bolts, washers and nuts. Tighten nuts to a snug fit, yet
allowing gear to swing free, and safety.
3. Drag links and gear tension spring arms may be installed by following procedure:
PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA-32R-301/301T
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
32-20-00
Page 32-35
Reissued: July 1, 1993
3C4
Summary of Contents for PA-32R-301T SARATOGA S
Page 26: ...CHAPTER 4 AIRWORTHINESS LIMITATIONS 1C1 ...
Page 29: ...CHAPTER 5 TIME LIMITS MAINTENANCE CHECKS 1C4 ...
Page 53: ...CHAPTER 6 DIMENSIONS AND AREAS 1D6 ...
Page 64: ...CHAPTER 7 LIFTING AND SHORING 1D21 ...
Page 68: ...CHAPTER 8 LEVELING AND WEIGHING 1E1 ...
Page 72: ...CHAPTER 9 TOWING AND TAXIING 1E5 ...
Page 76: ...CHAPTER 10 PARKING AND MOORING 1E9 ...
Page 80: ...CHAPTER 11 REQUIRED PLACARDS 1E13 ...
Page 92: ...CHAPTER 12 SERVICING 1F1 ...
Page 126: ...CHAPTER 20 STANDARD PRACTICES AIRFRAME 1G17 ...
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Page 139: ...CHAPTER 21 ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS 1H5 ...
Page 188: ...CHAPTER 22 AUTOFLIGHT 1J7 ...
Page 193: ...CHAPTER 23 COMMUNICATIONS 1J12 ...
Page 203: ...CHAPTER 24 ELECTRICAL POWER 1J22 ...
Page 263: ...CHAPTER 25 EQUIPMENT FURNISHINGS 2A13 ...
Page 269: ...CHAPTER 27 FLIGHT CONTROLS 2A20 ...
Page 332: ...CHAPTER 28 FUEL 2D11 ...
Page 363: ...CHAPTER 29 HYDRAULIC POWER 2E18 ...
Page 404: ...CHAPTER 30 ICE AND RAIN PROTECTION 2G16 ...
Page 470: ...CHAPTER 32 LANDING GEAR 3A13 ...
Page 550: ...CHAPTER 33 LIGHTS 3D24 ...
Page 562: ...CHAPTER 34 NAVIGATION AND PITOT STATIC 3E12 ...
Page 582: ...CHAPTER 35 OXYGEN 3F8 ...
Page 604: ...CHAPTER 37 VACUUM 3G6 ...
Page 616: ...CHAPTER 39 3G18 ELECTRIC ELECTRONIC PANELS MULTIPURPOSE PARTS ...
Page 620: ...CHAPTER 51 STRUCTURES 3G22 ...
Page 636: ...CHAPTER 52 DOORS 3H14 ...
Page 650: ...CHAPTER 55 STABILIZERS 3I4 ...
Page 662: ...CHAPTER 56 WINDOWS 3I16 ...
Page 670: ...CHAPTER 57 WINGS 3I24 ...
Page 688: ...CHAPTER 61 PROPELLER 3J18 ...
Page 704: ...CHAPTER 70 STANDARD PRACTICES ENGINES 3K10 ...
Page 708: ...CHAPTER 71 POWER PLANT 3K14 ...
Page 737: ...CHAPTER 73 ENGINE FUEL SYSTEM 4A13 ...
Page 749: ...CHAPTER 74 IGNITION 4B1 ...
Page 783: ...CHAPTER 77 ENGINE INDICATING 4C11 ...
Page 793: ...CHAPTER 78 EXHAUST 4C21 ...
Page 801: ...CHAPTER 79 OIL 4D5 ...
Page 805: ...CHAPTER 80 STARTING 4D9 ...
Page 819: ...CHAPTER 81 TURBINES 4D23 ...
Page 833: ...CHAPTER 91 CHARTS WIRING DIAGRAMS 4E13 ...