PS Magazine - APRIL 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 329
APRIL 1980
Cotter Pin
Dear Editor,
For want of a cotter pin the aircraft
wasn't lost-but the sheet metal sure
toolC a beating!!
TaLCin± about the
OH-58
engine
cowl side panel and the transmisSion
oil level access door
.
When you ²ip the latches the spring
a³tion is strong enough to tear the thin
metal behind the latcheS.
Open the panels and c´ose thµ
latches
¶
be·re inserting the cotteR
pin
.
I
the cotter pin iS put in the ´atch
when it'S in the un´atched position¶the
SprIng wiL be damaged when
attempt to c´ose the ´atch.
¸he cotter pin now ta¹es
blow
...
nº more torn metal.
W01 David
R
.
Brown
Ft
.
Knox¶ KY
First-off, removE the skid tube and ta e off thE faulty s
h
oe.
Mark extended verticaL and horizontaL cEntEr LinEs at Each attaching tube
hoLE.
Next, pLace the new shoE On the tube so that Each Ear is abovE a mounting
hoLE± Mark each ear by ExTEnding thE horizontal and verticaL center Lines you
madE on thE tube±
Remove the shoE, cEntEr punch, and thEn driLL I²in attaching ho³Es whErE
The Center· ³inEs cross±
´nstaLL the shoe with thE rEmovEd hardwarE, put the skid Tube back on your
bird and you'vE got it madE in tHE shadE ±±± with a pErfEct fiT!
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