Hi Jeremy,
No, the arms may remain in place but the rol push rods (long center en both
small at port and starboard side) have to be removed from the roll arm
plates. That gave me enough space to manouvre the pitch torque tube out of
the fuselage. (You can position the roll arm plates opposite sites if roll
push rods are removed)
Regards, Tim Weert.
Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands
460 PH-JAI XS TG 914 AP332
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Davey" <EuropaFlyer_3@msn.com>
Subject: RE: Europa-List: removing Pitch toque tube
>
> Thanks, Tim! Did the arms to the roll torque-tubes have to come off, too?
>
> Regards,
> Jeremy
>
> Jeremy Davey
> Europa Monowheel 537M G-EZZA
> Europa Club Vice-Chairman, Webmaster, PFA NC Representative
> PFA EC Member
> "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then it
> is
> possible you haven't grasped the severity of the situation."
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tim Weert
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: Europa-List: removing Pitch toque tube
>
>
> 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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