The International Cessna^® 170 Association

George/Bruce, if either of you guys are on line and have your list of salvage yards handy I would appreciate you posting them. I am at work or I could access mine at home in a binder. A fellow employee, pilot friend had his yoke (plastic) break yesterday while in the landing flare. He is needing to either replace his pilot yoke or do both to get a matched set. His plane is a C-172, but not sure of which year------I think in the early 60's.

thanks, Frank

Frank, did you look in our MX Library?

http://www.cessna170.org/forums/viewtop ... =26&t=1419

(Does your friend also need a new seat cover?)

Plastic yokes are a problem....and break more often than not during landing. What a time/place!
Seriously, if your friend hasn't learned to get rid of them now... (Why would he replace only ONE?)

#1 No I didn't look in the mx library
#2 He probably did need a new seat cover Said the plane headed for the grass, but he was able to get it stopped OK
#3 He is looking to find two matched yokes.

Mucho thanks from he and I

#1 No I didn't look in the mx library
#2 He probably did need a new seat cover Said the plane headed for the grass, but he was able to get it stopped OK
#3 He is looking to find two matched yokes.

Mucho thanks from he and I

#1 No I didn't look in the mx library
#2 He probably did need a new seat cover Said the plane headed for the grass, but he was able to get it stopped OK
#3 He is looking to find two matched yokes.

Mucho thanks from he and I

Frank,
I'd encourage your friend to replace his control wheels with something other than plastic ones. The Aussies have an AD out against these things. Here is an NTSB report on them. I can send you a copy of Cessna Service Letter 62-44 and 64-8 if you are interested. In SL 64-8 they call for replacing cracked plastic control yokes with ones made from magnesium, p/n 0513166-1 -- only $1427.50 each from Cessna. Interestingly, SL 64-8 says, "Full parts credit for cracked or failed control wheels will be issued through the Service Parts Return Program ... ." Good luck with that!

Frank-
Air Salvage Dallas at Lancaster airport should have control wheels.

You would think Lucky (ASD) would have tons of yokes for Cessna's, but my friend called him before I placed my post the other day and Lucky did not have what was needed. I saw my friend at the EAA meeting Saturday and as it turned out a co-worker of ours had a couple of excess C-150 yokes in his hangar and offered them free They are the metal ones with a plastic coating on them which my friend said peeled off rather easily. The yokes are now in Stephenville being powder coated. He appreciated the list of salvage sources George ---Thanks.