Service difficulty report · Servo · Cessna 172S

Difficulty date
January 31, 2015
Submitted
March 25, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N672EB
Make and model
Cessna 172S
Aircraft serial
172S8672
Aircraft time
2,634 hours
Engine
Lyc IO360L2A
Engine time
634 hours
Part
Servo
Condition
Loose
Location
Fuel Sys
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

FOUND FUEL SERVO COULD BE MOVED BY HAND SLIGHTLY. ATTACHING NUTS TORQUE STRIPE INDICATED NO BACKOFF OF THE 4 NUTS. SERVO IS MOUNTED ONTO AN ISOLATION BLOCK WITH 2 EA, PN 66224, GASKETS. FOUND NO DAMAGE AND INSTALLED 2 NEW GASKETS, TORQUE AND RECHECKED 14 HRS LATER AND RETORQUED. SUSPECT 2 GASKETS AND ISOLATION BLOCK COMPRESS AND CAUSE LOSS OF TORQUE. BY RETORQUEING SOME HOURS LATER MAY HELP. NO SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOUND IN MM.

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