Wing Walk repair

[av8tr]

Yes Sir

its the the area on the passenger side of the aircraft on a PA28, under the black area, this area is composed of two reinforced metal sections, a rear section and a forward section.
Sometimes one or both of these reinforced sections develop cracks not visible from the top of the wing. Its not really a serious issue because its not a structural issue however
after sometime you may notice a slight bounce when walking on the area which will get more pronounced over time.

 

[av8tr]

It is an acceptable stepping surface on a Cherokee. That said, I still don’t step on it.

 

[av8tr]

ITS NOT THE FLAP .....OMG.

 

[av8tr]

I've never had an owner, operator, or CFI allow stepping on the flap of a PA28 or PA32. It's uniformly described as dangerous to the plane and the person.

 

[av8tr]

LIke I said ....Wing Walk area not the flap...the area you walk on to get to the door......

 

[Hang 4]

The remove wing or not is the big driver of the cost. Either way it's multiple AMU's, but I don't have a good # for you. One thing to think about is if you want to do the eddy current inspection or the tank lines SB, you can combine a lot of other work into the same thing. Piperforum has multiple threads on this exact issue as Walboy said.

 

[JAWS]

Cherokee Chat is another good forum.

http://www.cherokeechat.org/

 

[Domenick]

There are three Cherokee forums:
Jim's: https://members.boardhost.com/piperpilotchat/
Roy's: https://members.boardhost.com/cherokeechat/
Bart's: https://www.piperforum.com/

There is some overlap in participants, but great resources for any Cherokee owner/operator, from the 140 to the 236.