Removing cherokee wings..

[pho]

Hi,
Has anyone had experience with removing the wings on a Cherokee 140?
Need to move it to rebuild. How hard is it to re-install them. I heard
something about tapered pins or bolts.. Pete

[COLIN LAMB]

I read about one guy who flew through two trees. They came off easily.
Putting them back on was much tougher.


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[Frank van der Hulst]

COLIN LAMB wrote:
> I read about one guy who flew through two trees. They came off easily.
> Putting them back on was much tougher.

Trees aren't needed... a good 9G pull-up will do it for you.

[Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired]

COLIN LAMB wrote:

> I read about one guy who flew through two trees. They came off easily.
> Putting them back on was much tougher.
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I don't think he said anything about putting them back on. Maybe your
method would be best. Kinda hard on the trees, though.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired]

Frank van der Hulst wrote:

> COLIN LAMB wrote:
>
>> I read about one guy who flew through two trees. They came off easily.
>> Putting them back on was much tougher.
>
>
> Trees aren't needed... a good 9G pull-up will do it for you.

The major draw back to that method is the fuselage tends to get a bit
dented on impact.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[satch]

Sounds like it's time for "Mr. Chainsaw"

[Steve Foley]

I tried e-mailing you the appropriate pages from the service manual, but it
bounced.

Pick up a service manual for the Cherokee 140. Pages 4-4 to 4-14.


"pho" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> Has anyone had experience with removing the wings on a Cherokee 140?
> Need to move it to rebuild. How hard is it to re-install them. I heard
> something about tapered pins or bolts.. Pete
>

[Steve Foley]

It's all in the service manual. Pick one up.


"pho" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
> Has anyone had experience with removing the wings on a Cherokee 140?
> Need to move it to rebuild. How hard is it to re-install them. I heard
> something about tapered pins or bolts.. Pete
>

[pho]

I HAVE the service manual. My Question was has anyone here actually done
it??

Steve Foley wrote:
> It's all in the service manual. Pick one up.
>
>
> "pho" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Hi,
>>Has anyone had experience with removing the wings on a Cherokee 140?
>>Need to move it to rebuild. How hard is it to re-install them. I heard
>>something about tapered pins or bolts.. Pete
>>
>
>
>

[pho]

Thanks for the info. So I guess you didn't have any major proplems
re-installing them. How about the gasket around the wing root? I have
heard its a bear to install... PEte

Jack Idler wrote:
> I took my wings of my 1974 140 to do a spar inspection a few years back.
> Not too difficult to do but it does require some extra hands. I built a
> fuselage cradle out of 2x4's, jacked the wings, and slipped the cradle under
> the cabin. I had access to a heavy tail stand. Undid everything (fuel
> lines, wires, etc.), undid the spar bolts and slipped the wings out and laid
> them on the grass. The airplane sat outside for a couple of weeks while I
> did some cleaning up and painting. I recall that I took the tanks out of
> the wings beforehand.
>
> Reinstall was a reverse of the removal--extra hands very important to assist
> in lining up the holes. As I recall, I used new spar bolts and nuts (the
> bolts are specials with close sizing). My AME (A&P) supervised everything,
> installed the bolts, and set the torques.
>
> "pho" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I HAVE the service manual. My Question was has anyone here actually done
>>it??
>>
>>Steve Foley wrote:
>>
>>>It's all in the service manual. Pick one up.
>>>
>>>
>>>"pho" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>Has anyone had experience with removing the wings on a Cherokee 140?
>>>>Need to move it to rebuild. How hard is it to re-install them. I heard
>>>>something about tapered pins or bolts.. Pete
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>