SDR 2010F00105

Service difficulty report · Bushing

Difficulty date
May 7, 2010
Submitted
May 10, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Propeller
Hamstd 54H60
Part
Bushing
Part number
548942
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Prop Blade
Component
Blade · Hamstd · 54H60
Component part number
RA7111D2
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AS INSPECTED, THE BLADE BUSHING CLEARANCE WAS OVER THE MAX ALLOWED (0.003) AND MEASURED LOCALLY AT 0.020. CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED THE BLADE BUSHING WAS LOOSE AND HAD BACKED OUT OF THE TAPPER BORE AND THAT THE CURRENT PUSH-FIT OF THE BLADE BUSHING IN THE TAPPER BORE WAS 0.00, NOT THE EXPECTED 0.025-0.037. THE LOOSE PUSH-FIT AND MOVEMENT OF THE BUSHING RESULTED IN UNEVEN WEAR IN THE TAPPER BORE, DAMAGE TO THE DRIVE PIN AND A CRACK AT THE EDGE OF THE DRIVE PIN HOLE.