Service difficulty report · Servo

Difficulty date
July 12, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Part
Servo
Part number
206076062003
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Hydraulic
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) OPERATOR STATED THERE WERE QUALITY CONTROL CONCERNS WITH UNIT ZERO TIME SINCE O/H. SERVO FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED PRIOR TO DISASSEMBLY, TIMING WAS FOUND TO BE OUT, SERVO PISTON ACTUATED TO FULL EXTEND VERY SLOWLY WHEN PISTON SPEED SHOULD BE EQUAL ON RETRACT AND EXTEND, PISTON SEALS WERE FOUND TO BE LEAKING. SERVO WAS TOTALLY DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED, PISTON WAS FOUND TO BE NOT HONED TO REMOVE SCORE MARKS, GLAND ID WHERE PISTON PASSES THROUGH IS OVERSIZE, INPUT LINK BOLT HOLE ID WORN OVERSIZE CAUSING SLOP IN INPUT LEVER, 1 BRG IN CYLINDER EXTENSION TOTALLY WORN OUT AND SCRAPERS INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THIS IS THE 4TH ZERO TIME SINCE O/H SERVO WITH QUALITY ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIR FROM THIS OPERATOR. .