Piper Aztec E
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:49 pm
Any Aztec experience here? Maintenance?
a 2300 hour Aztec with a rather large gap between steering bellcrank rollers and the steering arm shims they hit. It has a rather large deadband when moving from say some right turn input to a left turn input. The shims are there and plenty thick. With things centered up the shims and rollers are about 0.250(yes a quarter inch .) apart on both sides . I wonder if something else is bent? any ideas?
there does not appear to be any wear of any appreciable amount on the rollers or the shims. Mtce Manual calls for a gap of 0.032 roller to shim. there is no way that much wore away, not even close. something has moved its just what?
Thanks
a 2300 hour Aztec with a rather large gap between steering bellcrank rollers and the steering arm shims they hit. It has a rather large deadband when moving from say some right turn input to a left turn input. The shims are there and plenty thick. With things centered up the shims and rollers are about 0.250(yes a quarter inch .) apart on both sides . I wonder if something else is bent? any ideas?
there does not appear to be any wear of any appreciable amount on the rollers or the shims. Mtce Manual calls for a gap of 0.032 roller to shim. there is no way that much wore away, not even close. something has moved its just what?
Thanks