What was found
(AUS) RUDDER BRACKETS PNO 3115125-1 CONTAINED SEVERE EXFOLIATION CORROSION - IN THE AREA WHERE THE TOP BRACKET HAD CORRODED THROUGH THE BEARING DROPPED ONTO THE LOWER BRACKET WHICH ALSO CONTAINED SEVERE EXFOLIATION CORROSION WHICH HAD REDUCED THE THICKNESS TO 1.587MM (0.0625IN) - THE TOP BEARING HAD FAILED AND THE BALLS HAD FALLEN OUT ALLOWING FOWARD AND AFT MOVEMENT OF THE RUDDER CAUSING THE MID AND LOWER BEARINGS TO ALSO FAIL