INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL
61-00-75
Propeller Owner’s Manual
175
Page 3-52
Rev. 1 Jun/11
CAUTION 1
: MAKE SURE THAT COMPLETE AND TRUE
SURFACE CONTACT IS ESTABLISHED
BETWEEN THE PROPELLER HUB
FLANGE AND THE ENGINE FLANGE.
CAUTION 2
: MAKE SURE THE PITCH CHANGE
ROD ACCURATELY ALIGNS WITH
THE ENGINE-MOUNTED BETA VALVE.
MISALIGNMENT WILL DAMAGE THE BETA
VALVE AND/OR THE PITCH CHANGE
ROD.
(6) Slide the propeller onto the engine flange.
CAUTION
:
NEW PROPELLER MOUNTING BOLTS
MUST BE USED WHEN INITIALLY
INSTALLING A NEW OR OVERHAULED
PROPELLER.
(7) Install the mounting bolts with washers through the
engine flange and into the propeller hub flange. Refer to
Figure 3-11.
NOTE
: If the propeller is removed between overhaul
intervals, mounting bolts and washers may be
reused if they are not damaged or corroded.
(8) Use a torque wrench with the appropriate torque wrench
adapter to torque all mounting bolts in sequences and
steps shown in Figure 3-3. Refer to Table 3-2 and Figure
3-4 to determine the proper torque value.
NOTE
: Refer to the Tools, Consumables, and
Expendables section in this chapter for a list of
applicable torque wrench adapters.
(a) Torque the mounting bolts to half of the final torque
in staggered sequence, beginning with any mounting
bolt.
(b) Final torque the bolts in sequence, beginning with
any mounting bolt, and moving around the clock in
either direction.
OBSOLETE PROPELLER MODELS. SEE COVER PAGE
WARNINGS AND SERVICE BULLETIN HC-SB-61-331