Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Emb ERJ170200SU

Difficulty date
January 15, 2014
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Emb ERJ170200SU
Aircraft time
19,665 hours
Engine
Ge CF348E5A1
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Left
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER T/O THE LT MLG WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE ACFT RETURNED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE MID PIVOT POINT OF THE SIDE BRACE STIFF AND NEEDING LUBRICATION. AFTER LUBRICATION THE RETRACTION WAS TESTED SERVICEABLE. SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN HISTORICAL PROBLEM ON THE E175 MAIN GEAR AND WE HAD THIS PROBLEM ON MSN 17000090 THE PREVIOUS DAY, WE DID AN IMMEDIATE FLEET CAMPAIGN ON ALL THE E175 ACFT ON THE SAME DAY TO LUBRICATE ALL THE E175 MAIN GEAR SIDE STAYS. IN ADDITION CHANGES WILL BE MADE TO THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE INTERVAL BETWEEN LUBRICATION. ALSO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND TRAINING TO THE COMPANY THAT CLEANS THE ACFT, INCLUDING THE LANDING GEAR.