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1. 07:26 PM - CJ6 rear cockpit gear handle (Philip Nicholson)
2. 08:26 PM - Hissing gear handle (Roger Kemp)
3. 09:17 PM - Re: CJ6 rear cockpit gear handle (cjpilot710@aol.com)
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| Subject: | CJ6 rear cockpit gear handle |
Gentlemen,
I'll preface this by saying that I'm not at my plane and don't have my
checklist etc... all info is second hand.
Heard air escaping from the front cockpit gear handle. Bought and
replaced gear handle. Still heard hissing. Helper said he also heard gear
escaping from rear cockpit gear lever. Discovered that rear lever was in
between neutral and gear down.... must have been bumped by a passenger.
2 questions:
1. What position should the rear controls be in? (I assume neutral).
2. Why would this cause leakage in the front controls or is it entirely
unrelated?
Thanks,
Phil Nicholson
C-FEPN
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| Subject: | Hissing gear handle |
Phil, not a CJ owner but in the YAK air leaking from the gear handle is seldom
the handle itself. It most likely coming from a gear actuator.
Doc
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| Subject: | Re: CJ6 rear cockpit gear handle |
Phil,
The rear gear handle should be in neutral. Think of it as direct flow to
the front gear handle while in neutral. If you have or hear air hissing at
either handle, it could be any one of the three gear actuators leaking.
The system is designed so that air being displaced with moving of the
actuators must exist at the handle. You will hear it doing so you first move
the
handle. Once the actuators have reached their full stops, the hissing
should stop. If it does not, than the seals in the actuators are leaking.
You can find out which one by doing a simple test.
One. Put the gear handle down.
2. Loosen the "B" nut (17mm wrench) on the UP side of the actuators.
3. You can spray a little bit of soapy water on the "B" nut.
4. If you see bubbles around the nut, than the internal seal ( "O" rings
really ) are leaking.
If none of them are leaking, than it might be the "O" rings in the gear
handles.
Jim "Pappy" Goolsby
In a message dated 8/11/2014 10:26:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
pednicholson@gmail.com writes:
Gentlemen,
I'll preface this by saying that I'm not at my plane and don't have my
checklist etc... all info is second hand.
Heard air escaping from the front cockpit gear handle. Bought and
replaced gear handle. Still heard hissing. Helper said he also heard gear
escaping from rear cockpit gear lever. Discovered that rear lever was in
between neutral and gear down.... must have been bumped by a passenger.
2 questions:
1. What position should the rear controls be in? (I assume neutral).
2. Why would this cause leakage in the front controls or is it entirely
unrelated?
Thanks,
Phil Nicholson
C-FEPN
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