rondawes
Well Known Member
This is about my RV-7A. I'm not the builder.
On a flight Saturday upon putting the flaps down for landing, the flap actuator disassembled itself. The flaps came up and I made a no flap landing.
See photo. The jam nut was not down that far when I opened it up. I moved it down when examining the unit.
Do I just screw the threaded rod back into the actuator and tighten the jam nut? In the drawings I have and the instructions, they indicate that there should be a safety wire from the lower end of the actuator to around the bolt. But in other photos on this site of flap actuators, I've not seen safety wires. So I'm a bit confused as to the proper way to reassemble this. Thanks.
On a flight Saturday upon putting the flaps down for landing, the flap actuator disassembled itself. The flaps came up and I made a no flap landing.
See photo. The jam nut was not down that far when I opened it up. I moved it down when examining the unit.
Do I just screw the threaded rod back into the actuator and tighten the jam nut? In the drawings I have and the instructions, they indicate that there should be a safety wire from the lower end of the actuator to around the bolt. But in other photos on this site of flap actuators, I've not seen safety wires. So I'm a bit confused as to the proper way to reassemble this. Thanks.