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Michael Fopp describes the exact symptoms which occurred on Harry Heckman's
235 except we were not able to get the flaps to come down after the plane
was back in the hangar.

The breaker would trip when trying to put the flaps down.  We found that the
actuator had run all the way to its upper limit and jammed.  The motor did
not have enough torque to move it out of the jammed position.

In this condition,  the  actuator shaft was retracted compeletely into the
actuator.  By re-adjusting the linkage, and using a thinner lock nut,  we
now have about 1/4" of actuator shaft showing when the flaps are fully
up.    So far, no more jams.

Bob Belshe
L235/320

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