Maintenance and Inspection Procedures Manual
Type:
CT
Series:
CTLS
LSA
Page: 4-68
AF 04800001
Revision No. 3
Date: 14 Sep 2008
After all operations listed above are completed, tension of the rudder control cables has to be checked.
The required value is 25.9 ± 0.55 lbs / 11.75 ± 0.25 kgf.
There exist coarse and fine adjustments.
Make sure that while checking the nose wheel and the rudder are in neutral position (aligned with the
longitudinal axle of the plane) and the pedals are leveled.
4.3.3.4.6 Fine Adjustment
Fine adjustment can be performed by the nose wheel steering rods.
To increase tension:
1. Release the rod male rod end C9997006B (Rod end bearing, ext. thread GA8), having loosened
the locking nut C9996334 Self-locking nut DIN 985-M6, regular by a 10x13 wrench and
unscrewed the screws C9996218 Bolt DIN 7991 M6x30-8.8 by a hex-nut wrench 4 from the
steering lever arm KA4010001.
2. Check that the male rod end C9997006B (Rod end bearing, ext. thread GA8) could be threaded
into the rod KA4010400L (R) Rod, left (right) more than
64
15
inch / 6 mm.
3. Unscrew the male rod end C9997006B (Rod end bearing, ext. thread GA8) a half-turn (180
°
) on
each of the rods.
4. Preliminarily fix the rods KA4010400 L (R) on the KA4010001 Rocker by the screws C9996218.
5. Check rudder cables tension (11.75 ± 0.25 kgf).
6. Repeat items 1 and 3 through 5, if necessary.
7. Tighten the nuts C9996334 by a 10x13 wrench, unscrewing them from the tip towards the rod.
Make sure that the flat of the tip is vertical.
8. Unscrew the C9996218 screws and set with Loctite 243 by a hex-nut wrench 4.
Fig. 9
To reduce control cable tension repeat items 1 and 3 through 8, having reversed rotation of the male rod
end C9997006B (in the item 3).
Note that the same action can be performed with the tips on the other end of the rod KA4010400L (R)
Rod, left (right).
4.3.3.4.7 Coarse Adjustment
If failed with fine adjustment, coarse adjustment by the threaded adjuster bushings C9997080 Turnbuckle
Bluewave M6 (Fig. 10, item 1) has to be done.