Hi Jeremy,
I have done this job a few month ago because I had to repaint the pitch
torque tube. It is only possible if you remove all the items above the Pitch
toque tube first. Then you remove the Pitch toque tube bracket (port side)
with the bearings from the Pitch toque tube, after removing the bolts first.
This bracket was glued with epoxy to the bukhead during the building
process, but because the alu bracket wasn't cleaned enough we were able to
remove the part from the bulkhead with a little bit of pressure. The
starboard bracket doesn't need to be removed. After removal of the port
bracket you will be able to remove the Pitch toque tube at the port side.
(The push rod to the elevator should be pushed in aft position during
removal)
In our case (aircraft was G-KITZ before) the most difficult job was to
loosen the bolts from the Pitch toque tube to the flight controlsticks
because they were glued with locktite.
Regards,
Regards, Tim Weert.
Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands
460 PH-JAI XS TG 914 AP332
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