# SDR 98ZZZX535

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: January 26, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N2NA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2NA), registered now
- Make and model: Gulstm G159
- Aircraft serial: 096
- Engine: Rroyce DART5298X
- System (JASC): [7210 · Turbine Engine Reduction Gear](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7210)
- Part: Driveshaft
- Part number: GD203
- Condition: Loose
- Location: Gearbox
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: W
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX535

## Discrepancy

THE BOLT SECURING THE FORWARD U-JOINT ONTO THE DRIVESHAFT HAD BACKED ALL THE WAY OUT.  THE BOLT SECURING THE AFT U-JOINT TO THE DRIVESHAFT WAS LOOSE EVEN WITH THE LOCKING TAB WASHER INSTALLED.  UPON INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARED THE WRONG LOCKING TAB WAS USED DURING OVERHAUL.

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