Control Stick Removal?

[oksmle]

The pins come out easily. Then the sticks won't budge. Don't want to screw anything up. Help!

Dick S.

[RRHaldeman]

Probably corroded at the base. Spray some fluid designed to work on corroded metal, wait a day and twist the control stick clockwise and counterclockwise to break the stick free from the corrosion that formed.

[oksmle]

That was my thought. Thanks for conformation.

Dick S.

[Nathan K. Hammond]

twist the control stick clockwise and counterclockwise to break the stick free from the corrosion that formed.

I had to use a strap wrench the first time I pulled a stick from the socket.

nkh

[WWhunter]

Mine were in very tight also. Had to twist and pull at the same time to get them out.

[rkittine]

I had the same problem with the sticks in my 7CCM when I bought it. After spraying and twisting, they came out. When I re-installed, I put a little bit of that thick grey grease that a local mechanic had, on them before putting them back in (I cleaned, primed and repainted them first) and they go in and out easily now.

[oksmle]

Thanks.... They're both out now & are in the process of being painted. Funny Story: I had forgotten to tell a friend who is allowed to fly my Champ that I had removed the control sticks. This morning I get a phone call from him saying that he & our CFI were going to use the plane for his bi-annual, but someone had stolen the d**m sticks right out of my plane. Beautiful....