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Cherokee Electric Pitch Trim
I have a 1977 Archer II with factory-installed electric pitch trim. The
trim servo motor works in both directions, but it doesn't work well for moving the cables. When the ambient temperature is warm, the electric trim works acceptably but occasionally seems to "slip," and when it's cold, I can forget about it. The manual trim wheel seems to have smooth movement regardless of temperature, though it is a bit stiff in extremely cold temperatures. When I run the electric trim, even in warm temperatures, I can literally place my finger on the trim wheel and get it to slip. I do have the Piper maintenance manuals for the airplane, but it appears that the maintenance manual for the electric trim system is not included for the Archer II. I assume that either the servo clutch is bad or the jack screw needs to be disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled due to too much resistance (though the manual trim wheel is not hard to move). Does anyone have a suggestion, or know where I can locate the maintenance manual? Thanks, JKG |
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JKG,
The clutch needs work. Have the servo/clutch unit removed and sent out. Michelle Jonathan Goodish wrote: I have a 1977 Archer II with factory-installed electric pitch trim. The trim servo motor works in both directions, but it doesn't work well for moving the cables. When the ambient temperature is warm, the electric trim works acceptably but occasionally seems to "slip," and when it's cold, I can forget about it. The manual trim wheel seems to have smooth movement regardless of temperature, though it is a bit stiff in extremely cold temperatures. When I run the electric trim, even in warm temperatures, I can literally place my finger on the trim wheel and get it to slip. I do have the Piper maintenance manuals for the airplane, but it appears that the maintenance manual for the electric trim system is not included for the Archer II. I assume that either the servo clutch is bad or the jack screw needs to be disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled due to too much resistance (though the manual trim wheel is not hard to move). Does anyone have a suggestion, or know where I can locate the maintenance manual? Thanks, JKG -- Michelle P ATP-ASEL, CP-AMEL, and AMT-A&P "Elisabeth" a Maule M-7-235B (no two are alike) Volunteer Pilot, Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic Volunteer Builder, Habitat for Humanity |
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I bought a 77 Archer in July and had exactly the same problem.
Mine would only power trim in one direction and the trim wheel was stiff to turn by hand.. Most likely it just needs a fine adjustment of the castle nut on top of the friction drive clutch. I worked the trim switch on the yoke while my A&P did small adjustments, one flat of the nut at a time, until it was working great in both directions and silky smooth when trimmed by hand. Put the cotter pin back in and job was done in about 30 minutes. Later I did clean and grease the jack screw at the tail because it was pretty dry. -- Roy N5804F - PA28-181 "Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message ... I have a 1977 Archer II with factory-installed electric pitch trim. The trim servo motor works in both directions, but it doesn't work well for moving the cables. When the ambient temperature is warm, the electric trim works acceptably but occasionally seems to "slip," and when it's cold, I can forget about it. The manual trim wheel seems to have smooth movement regardless of temperature, though it is a bit stiff in extremely cold temperatures. When I run the electric trim, even in warm temperatures, I can literally place my finger on the trim wheel and get it to slip. I do have the Piper maintenance manuals for the airplane, but it appears that the maintenance manual for the electric trim system is not included for the Archer II. I assume that either the servo clutch is bad or the jack screw needs to be disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled due to too much resistance (though the manual trim wheel is not hard to move). Does anyone have a suggestion, or know where I can locate the maintenance manual? Thanks, JKG |
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 01:08:53 GMT, Jonathan Goodish
wrote: I do have the Piper maintenance manuals for the airplane, but it appears that the maintenance manual for the electric trim system is not included for the Archer II. I assume that either the servo clutch is bad or the jack screw needs to be disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled due to too much resistance (though the manual trim wheel is not hard to move). Does anyone have a suggestion, or know where I can locate the maintenance manual? Assuming that the trim servo in question is not part of an installed autopilot with pitch/trim authority, it is probably a PET-1 servo (Piper Electric Trim). Have you verified that the clutch is slipping, as opposed to the cable slipping on the capstan? Both are typical problems. The servo is simple and easy to repair, finding parts and a manual is a lot more difficult than "fixing" it. This data is not in the maintenance manual/IPC. I know of several sources for this information, but unfortunately they rely on repairing these units as a source of income. TC |
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