Interior Upgrade Question

In article ,
Chuck wrote:

Come to think of it, I'd love to change the yokes in my Cherokee while
I'm at it. Get some newer models instead of these original bow-tie
yokes. And I guess same question would apply -- would they let me
take from one certified model to another???

I don't know about the seats. But the old bowtie yokes can indeed
be replaced by the new rams horn yokes. Look at the control wheel
AD that applies to the bow-tie yokes. Notice that a terminating action
is to replace them with the rams horn yokes. (I recently did that to
my cherokee 140).

--
Bob Noel

If you don't mind my asking Bob, what did you have to pay for those
yokes???

Chuck




On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 04:43:36 GMT, Bob Noel
wrote:

In article ,
Chuck wrote:

Come to think of it, I'd love to change the yokes in my Cherokee while
I'm at it. Get some newer models instead of these original bow-tie
yokes. And I guess same question would apply -- would they let me
take from one certified model to another???

I don't know about the seats. But the old bowtie yokes can indeed
be replaced by the new rams horn yokes. Look at the control wheel
AD that applies to the bow-tie yokes. Notice that a terminating action
is to replace them with the rams horn yokes. (I recently did that to
my cherokee 140).

In article ,
Chuck wrote:

If you don't mind my asking Bob, what did you have to pay for those
yokes???

I can't find my record of that - it was about two years ago.
I'm pretty sure I got them from Wentworth. I think I paid $135
to powdercoat them. The parts required (bolts, joints, etc) were
a chunk of money, and then the A&P needed about 19 hours of
labor to replace the yokes.

In other words, it wasn't cheap - but one of my yokes failed
the AD for cracks.

--
Bob Noel

: a chunk of money, and then the A&P needed about 19 hours of
: labor to replace the yokes.

I don't know if necessary for that job, but my mechanic has replaced the
universal joint in the yoke of an older Arrow he had. Aside from the ridiculous
liability of the stupid little 1/2" thing, it's a bitch to install too from what he
said. Something about special tapered bolts and needing some custom machining on the
new one to put it in. Nineteen hours might seem excessive, but with operations like
that it wouldn't surprise me.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:18:52 GMT, Chuck wrote:

If you don't mind my asking Bob, what did you have to pay for those
yokes???

Chuck

Hopefully you can find them cheaper than this. If you really want to
change them, you might want to call some salvage companies for prices.

http://www.avion.com/Products/AvionC...trolWheel.html

HTH.
z

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 03:16:39 GMT, zatatime wrote:

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:18:52 GMT, Chuck wrote:

If you don't mind my asking Bob, what did you have to pay for those
yokes???

Chuck

Hopefully you can find them cheaper than this. If you really want to
change them, you might want to call some salvage companies for prices.

http://www.avion.com/Products/AvionC...trolWheel.html

HTH.
z


OUCH !!!

Nice looking set and very practical with the dual PTTs on each 'horn'
of the ram's head yoke. But a bit pricy too! How in the world do
they get off asking almost $1,000 for a pair of yokes? I could
probably have yokes custom made for that price. And since they
advertise STC "pending" -- it would be exactly the same. I'd have to
go thru the same 337 nonsense with the FAA whether I use theirs or
build my own...

Thanks for the link though. At least I know there are companies
making them.


Chuck

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:05:13 GMT, Chuck wrote:

Thanks for the link though. At least I know there are companies
making them.


You're welcome. Now you know why I said to stick with the bowties!
G

z

In article ,
zatatime wrote:

Thanks for the link though. At least I know there are companies
making them.

You're welcome. Now you know why I said to stick with the bowties!

The salvage ramhorn yokes I bought were, iirc, about $300.
(the only reason I replaced mine was because of cracks).

--
Bob Noel