Service difficulty report · Bearing · Skrsky S92A

Difficulty date
February 2, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Skrsky S92A
Part
Bearing
Part number
SB1074101
Condition
Failed
Part time
4,958 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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) INPUT MODULE WAS REMOVED FROM ACFT 920047 DUE TO A RIVET HEAD FOUND ON THE INPUT MODULE CHIP DETECTOR. OUR FINDINGS DURING DISASSEMBLY WERE, FIRST, THE SOURCE OF RIVET HEAD IS THE BEARING, PN: SB1074-101 SN: 10245. THE CONDITION OF THE BEARING WAS UNSERVICEABLE AS IT HAD LOST THE RIVET, IT WAS ROUGH WHEN ROTATED AND THE BEARING CAGE HAD COLLAPSED. THE SECOND FINDING WAS THAT THE NUT THAT RETAINS THE FREEWHEEL UNIT, PN: 7035-08023-103 WAS ONLY HAND TIGHT, NO TORQUE. ANOTHER FINDING WAS THAT IN THE LOCATION WERE THE INPUT FREEWHEEL UNIT IS INSTALLED THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF BLACK SLUGE.