SDR 2025F00084

Service difficulty report · Bearing · Cessna 525C

Difficulty date
March 31, 2025
Submitted
March 31, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N623NE
Make and model
Cessna 525C
Aircraft serial
525C0448
Aircraft time
598 hours, 356 cycles
Part
Bearing
Part number
MS21155S16
Condition
Corroded
Location
Zone 700
Part time
598 hours, 356 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
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

AIRCRAFT 525C-0448 WAS BROUGHT TO TEXTRON MCO SERVICE CENTER FOR ROUTINE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND TO ACCOMPLISH L/R FORWARD MLG TRUNNION INSPECTION. MAKING SURE THE BEARINGS GET LUBED AND VERIFY THEY ARE NOT SEIZED UP. THE CUSTOMER ALSO OWNS 525C-0447 WHICH HAD A RECENT ISSUE FINDING THAT THE TRUNNION WOULD NOT ACCEPT GREASE, AND THE BEARING WERE SEIZED. WE FOUND THE L/R TRUNNION BEARING WOULD TAKE GREASE, BUT WHEN WE REMOVED THEM TO REPLACE WE FOUND THE LH BEARING SEIZED IN PLACE AND THE RH CORRODED. IT APPEARS THAT THEY WERE NOT LUBED AT TIME OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION. WE REPLACED THE BEARINGS IAWMM AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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