What was found
DURING MAINTENANCE TO RT GEAR SIDE BRACE TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE FREE PLAY, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN FORKED END AT ATTACHMENT TO PN 6697-05 LINK. CRACK WAS AT THE BASE OF MACHINED SURFACE TO FORM FORK, AND APPEARED TO BE A DEEPER MACHINE MARK. DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION PROVED THE CRACKS. PART WAS REPLACED, GEAR RIGGED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.