My 2 cents. We complied with the AD by putting in the new torque tube.
drilled it at the mechanical facility at the FBO and reinstalled it.
Airplane flew wing down and yawed left and right depending on the amount of
flaps. Took it out and examined and reinstalled to no effect.
Obtained an second new torque tube and had a machine shop drill it out and
then installed.
Airplane is in a slip at cruise and yaws with flaps. factory and dealer of
no help.
So.........while practicing approach to landing stalls, the aircraft
suddenly fills with mist. The gear are down and locked. The mist appeared
when lowering flaps. You got it . The torque tube had impinged on the
aileron cable, placed it under tension, caused sideslip in the aircraft and
also caused the aileron cable to saw through the hard aluminum hydraulic
line leading to the flaps.
I do not know that there is a moral to the story. Flying airplanes is
expensive.
"zatatime" wrote in message
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:08:04 GMT, Kyler Laird
wrote:

zatatime writes:

Can anyone point me to a link for Piper Service Bulletin 1051B?

http://www.caa-rs.si/images/pripone/..._MSB_1051B.pdf
http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory...A?OpenDocument
http://www.tdatacorp.com/03-09-13.HTM

I've got a paper copy around here somewhere. I complied with it
years ago.

--kyler


Thanks! I had the Tdata link and the AD itself. Now I've got a pdf
of the SB and I'm psyched! Thank you for posting this for me.

z