Service difficulty report · Servo · Bell 212

Difficulty date
December 14, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 212
Engine
Pwa PT6T6
Part
Servo
Part number
212076005011
Condition
Defective
Location
Flight Control
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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) PART RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMER AS ZERO TIME FROM OVERHAUL. CUSTOMER REPORTED THAT LOWER CYLINDER LOCKS, WILL NOT EXTEND. SUSPECT IMPROPER BYPASS & SERVO LOWER CYLINDER SP & SI TIMING. SERVO FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED PRIOR TO DISASSEMBLY. THE SERVO LOWER PISTON MOVED TO THE EXTEND POSITION BUT WOULD NOT RETRACT WHEN INPUT LEVER WAS MOVED TO ACTUATE SERVO. INPUT FORCE WAS VERY HIGH AT 7 LBS SHOULD BE 1.5 LBS. SERVO & BYPASS VLVS WERE FOUND TO BE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. PISTONS HAD NOT BEEN HONED & PISTON SEALS LEAKED. INPUT LEVER BOLTS WERE LOOSE. SHOULDER BOLTS ODS WERE WORN UNDERSIZE. INPUT BUSHING IDS WERE WORN OVERSIZE. ROD END BEARING SIDE & END PLAY BEYOND LIMITS.

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