Service difficulty report · Hub

Difficulty date
January 18, 2010
Submitted
March 1, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3R302
Part
Hub
Part number
84074
Condition
Out Of Limits
Location
Propeller
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) AT DISSASSEMBLY DURING O/H, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE PN A-1817 SHAFT BUSHING WAS 0.100 BELOW ITS PROPER LOCATION. UPON REMOVAL, IT APPEARED THAT SHAFT SPLINES HAD BEEN MACHINED DOWN WHICH ALLOWED THE SHAFT BUSHING TO BE PRESSED TOO FAR INTO THE HUB. WHEN THE PROPELLER IS INSTALLED ON THE ACFT, THE SHAFT NUT PN B-1894 SHOULD TIGHTEN ON THIS BUSHING AND THE HUB FLANGE AT THE SAME TIME. WITH THE BUSHING BEING TOO FAR INTO THE HUB, THE NUT WOULD ONLY CONTACT THE HUB FLANGE AREA.