Blanche wrote:
Are you sure? In any case, I've never seen anyone pull the wing off to
replace the wing root seal. The deteriorated seal is pulled out, and
the new seal is pushed in, at least on every Piper product I've ever
seen. That's clearly a preventive maintenance operation, since the
seals are non-structural and the removal and replacement requires no
complex aseembly/disassembly operation.

At the factory, at the initial installation of the root seal, it's
attached to one side (I forget which, probably the wing) before the
wing is attached to the body. That's why it's so d*** difficulty to
get a new one installed by yourself!

This doesn't make sense, to me. The "bulb" part of the seal squeezes into
the crack between the body and the wing. That's what holds it in
place. It wouldn't stay in place, when the wing was detached from the
body.

--- Jay


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