Service difficulty report · Drive Shaft

Difficulty date
May 31, 2000
Submitted
January 22, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Engine
Garrtt TPE33111U
Part
Drive Shaft
Part number
8971973
Condition
Damaged
Location
Oil Scav Pump
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE ROTATING GROUP ROTATED TO AID IN ALIGNING FUEL PUMP INTERNAL SPLINES WITH EXTERNAL SPLINES OF DRIVE COUPLING. IT NOTED THAT DRIVE COUPLING NOT ROTATING WITH ENGINE ROTATING GROUP. UPON REMOVAL OF DIAPHRAGM ASSY, IT WAS NOTED THAT FWD OF SCAVENGE PUMP DRIVE SHAFT HAD MOVED INTO FWD OIL SCAVENGE PUMP P/N 865930-7 S/N 3P-20293 FAR ENOUGH TO ALLOW OIL PRESSURE PUMP DRIVEN GEAR TO BECOME UNCOUPLED FROM DRIVING GEAR. INSP OF OIL PRESSURE PUMP REVEALED THAT RING STOP & SPRING HAD NOT BEEN INST PUMP PURCHASED FROM HONEYWELL DATED 14 NOV99 IN OVERHAULED CONDITION. INSP OF SPLINED DRIVE SHAFT REVEALED RESTRICTING FLANGE HAD BEEN MANUFACTURED TO DIMENSION OF 0.499, RATHER THAN TYPICAL DIMENSION OF 0.710. SM.