Service difficulty report · Housing · Boeing 737*

Difficulty date
May 19, 2000
Submitted
June 8, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Boeing 737*
Part
Housing
Part number
65502633
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Flap Xmsn
Component
Flap Transmissio · Boeing
Component part number
65503232
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

UNIT WAS NOTED TO BE ROUGH IN OPERATION CAUSED FROM CONTAMINATED MIL-H-5606 FLUID. THE NON-STANDARD SLEEVE REPAIR TO HOUSING, COMMON TO THE BORE FORE BEARING, WAS FOUND ROTATING IN THE HOUSING. THIS CAUSED THE FLUID TO BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH ALUMINUM. (X)