Mike Spera wrote:
: The floor mounted trim wheel on my Cherokee has always been a little
: stiff to move. Others I have flown are usually pretty smooth and free.
: The jack screw on the tail is well greased and the pulleys along the way
: are moving freely. It appears the drag is in the wheel mechanism itself.
: What is the procedure to lubricate this assembly? Do you need to
: secure the control cables before disassembly? Please reply to the group
: and me. For some reason, my provider's service has been dropping posts
: and replies recently.

I'd try to take a look at the routing of the cables heading back to the tail.
See if they have eaten into their fiber blocks going through bulkheads. Other than
that, mine has the overhead trim, so I'm not sure how the floor-flavored versions
work.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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