Service difficulty report · Garlock Seal · Boeing 737277

Difficulty date
September 13, 2003
Submitted
September 15, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N178AW
Make and model
Boeing 737277
Aircraft serial
22645
Aircraft time
63,847 hours, 50,771 cycles
Part
Garlock Seal
Part number
803689
Condition
Failed
Location
Csd
Component
Csd · Boeing
Component part number
731753
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H, J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON CLIMB OUT OF PHX EN ROUTE FOR BOI THE NR 1 GENERATOR TEMPERATURE WENT INTO THE YELLOW FOLLOWED BY A GENERATOR HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHT, ATTEMPT APU START WITH NO SUCCESS. FOLLOWED QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK AND DISCONNECTED THE NR 1 GENERATOR, TURNED BACK TO PHX AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE NR 1 CONSTANT SPEED DRIVE IAW T/C R5M24003, AND REPLACED GARLOC SEAL IAW BMM 72-61-00, PG. 5, STEP 5B. OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD. VENDORS FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF CSD S/N 14890 CONFIRMED FAILURE OF UNIT. UNIT WAS FOUND LEAKING FROM INPUT CARBON SEAL DUE A WORN INPUT BEARING AND SEAL RETAINER, LOSS OF OIL CAUSED HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATION. UNIT WAS OVERHAULED.