How to Rebuild a Piper Cub

Read through all of the airframe and engine maintenance logs. Read all of the registration and airworthiness certificates. Look for any Airworthiness Directives (ADs) as prescribed by an FAA inspector. These ADs must be adhered to to the letter when rebuilding. Failure to follow the ADS will result in a failed inspection.

Wheel the Piper Cub into the hanger. Chock the wheels and remove the engine from the aircraft. The rebuild starts at the airframe.

Remove all cloth from the aircraft and begin the restoration process. Follow the Piper Cub rebuild instructions to the letter with the covering. When the Piper Cub is stripped on the cloth, inspect all rivets, struts and metal connections for fatigue or erosion. Follow any ADs as told by the FAA.

Strip the engine down by placing each removed part onto the drop cloth. Keep a journal of the parts and catalog each one as it is removed and where it is placed on the ground cloth. Follow any ADs for the engine as prescribed by the FAA.

Fit the rebuilt engine into the rebuilt airframe when finished.

Bring the FAA aircraft inspector in to go over the aircraft during the rebuild. Have the inspector check that all ADs are being met before you consider the project finished.