Rudder Cables
Posted: Fri May 24, 2002 3:27 am
I received the results of the pre-purchase inspection on the '54 170B that I am about to purchase. Most everything is fine, but the mechanic flagged the rudder cables as having a problem. He says that with no foot pressure on the left rudder pedal, the pedal falls back toward the cabin and the left rudder cable drops onto the aircraft belly. Right rudder cable is fine. With feet on the pedals, rigging seems fine and rudder action good. He says that there is usually a spring forward of the rudder pedals that maintains proper tension on the cables, but he can find no spring.
The present owner lowered the price and I am going to instruct the A&P to pull the cables and inspect them, since he found a broken strand on the left cable. The A&P is not a 170 man, so any help regarding the proper tension on the rudder cables, and how this tension is applied, would be greatly appreciated.
With any luck, next month I will receive my taildragger signoff after 10,500 hours of flight time, and begin the trek from southern Alabama to northern Virginia in my first....and hopefully last Cessna 170
The present owner lowered the price and I am going to instruct the A&P to pull the cables and inspect them, since he found a broken strand on the left cable. The A&P is not a 170 man, so any help regarding the proper tension on the rudder cables, and how this tension is applied, would be greatly appreciated.
With any luck, next month I will receive my taildragger signoff after 10,500 hours of flight time, and begin the trek from southern Alabama to northern Virginia in my first....and hopefully last Cessna 170