flap selector lever hard to select

[billy hellcat]

Anybody have a problem moving  the flap selector lever?  Mine is excessively hard to move into position.  Flaps work but lever is stiff.

 

Thanks

[47U]

37 minutes ago, billy hellcat said:

Mine is excessively hard to move into position.

Can you determine if it’s the linkage binding… or a flap pump problem?  The linkage is pretty simple.  

When was the last time the pump was overhauled?

[Ragsf15e]

1 hour ago, billy hellcat said:

Anybody have a problem moving  the flap selector lever?  Mine is excessively hard to move into position.  Flaps work but lever is stiff.

 

Thanks

Hydraulic flaps, correct?

[bixmooney]

I have a 62 C and mine was really hard to slide.   I sprayed penetrating oil on the cable which was the wound steel kind only in the cabin where I could see it which was not much, but it made it work super well.   Very easy to close to pump them down and also retract.   
 

[47U]

3 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Hydraulic flaps, correct?

That’s what I initially thought.  It’s a ‘68… so, could be electric?  Did the electric flap switches have detents?  

Still confused.

[Hank]

16 minutes ago, 47U said:

That’s what I initially thought.  It’s a ‘68… so, could be electric?  Did the electric flap switches have detents?  

Still confused.

Later Fs have the flap select on the right side of the quadrant, and it slides down to Takeoff and Landing settings. My friend's 75F had only the three selectable positions, including Up. There should be a friction lock on the outside that is adjustable, similar to the friction lock for the quadrant itself. 

I know nothing of the hydraulic flap operations.

The flap control on my C is on the right side below the quadrant, reachable with a finger while holding the throttle to Idle. It's just a temporary toggle switch, the flaps move down and up as long as I hold the toggle (they stop at Full Up and Full Down, or any spot in between where I release the toggle).

The 68F could have any of these three--hydraulic, temporary toggle or slider beside the quadrant. Without more information, we can't really help @billy hellcat much . . . .

[Shadrach]

3 hours ago, Hank said:

Later Fs have the flap select on the right side of the quadrant, and it slides down to Takeoff and Landing settings. My friend's 75F had only the three selectable positions, including Up. There should be a friction lock on the outside that is adjustable, similar to the friction lock for the quadrant itself. 

I know nothing of the hydraulic flap operations.

The flap control on my C is on the right side below the quadrant, reachable with a finger while holding the throttle to Idle. It's just a temporary toggle switch, the flaps move down and up as long as I hold the toggle (they stop at Full Up and Full Down, or any spot in between where I release the toggle).

The 68F could have any of these three--hydraulic, temporary toggle or slider beside the quadrant. Without more information, we can't really help @billy hellcat much . . . .

No quadrants in 1968. I believe quadrants were introduced in 1969.

The pump is likely hydraulic and simply needs to have the cable lubricated.

[billy hellcat]

Thanks, I will try to lubricate the cable first.

 

[M20F-1968]

Triflo the cable opening in the cabin.  Then get under the plane and soak the entire cable length with Triflo.  It will work its way through the wound cable.  Do the same with the flap cable.

John Breda

[billy hellcat]

Its a hydraulic flap lever

 

[Kelpro999]

plus Triflow