Separate yoke from column

[Gsey]

The way that I found easiest to remove the original coating was to put them in an oven on low heat and use the heat to soften the material before scraping it off with a sharp razor. Then hit with sandblaster before powdercoating.

I tried using a sandbalster first but it took ages to make any impact on the coating so tried the oven and it seemed to work.

Gary

[LH784]

Hi Rodney,

there is a wealth of information on this link including drawings in the downloads section (7x7 old style):

http://www.project777.com/?mid=2042

Greetings, Florian

[Rodney]

Thanks Florian. Some good info on that site. Nice to see some pdf's on components too.

[capt_tom]

Hello,

i want to come up with this thread. I have a similar problem. So I want the change the side of the control column so that the F/O Column can be used of the Capt side. Nick from APHS told my that after removing the 4 phillips screws of the top the head part can be turn 180 °.

Did anyone have experiences with that procedure? Are there some issue to have a special look on? Did somebody have pictures or docs according the inner structure of the column in addition to the informations form projet777?

Hopefully somebody can help me!

Thank you

[capt_tom]

Guys, I did it for myself. It is relativly easy. The different steps are:

1. Removing the 4 phillips screws at the top of the column.



2. Yanking out the inner shaft from the bottom side.



The disassmbled assy looks as follows:



Important note: Do not turn the head before completly removed. The inner thread inserts can be damaged by the inner wire channel.

See the next picture for the inner thread inserts within the head part.



For changing form F/O to CPT or vice versa the head part needs to be mounted in the column turnd by 180 °. Additionally the inner wire channel (shown in the next picture) needs to the mounted of the opposite side of the column.

[bas_v]

Kudos to you for sharing the answer after you found the solution.