Service difficulty report · Metering Valve · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
October 29, 2014
Submitted
November 3, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N577QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605735
Aircraft time
6,369 hours, 4,875 cycles
Part
Metering Valve
Part number
99126276
Part serial
566
Condition
Failed
Location
Anti Skid Sys
Part time
1,169 hours, 892 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING LT BRAKE APPLICATION AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ENTIRE AIRPLANE SHUDDERED & HAD THREE PULSES CAN BE HEARD THROUGH THE ENTIRE CABIN. PULSING CAN BE FELT AND HEARD AND IS STRONGEST AT SLOW SPEEDS AND WHEN USING LEFT BRAKE ONLY. TAXIED ACFT AND DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM. LT BRAKE CHATTERS EVERYTIME PEDAL IS PUSHED. BLED THE ANTISKID BRAKE SYSTEM. ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES TO CLEAR THE CHATTER AND AIR IN SYSTEM. COULD NOT ELIMINATE. MANUALLY OPERATED THE METERING VALVE. NOTED WHEN THE LT BRAKE ARM IS PULLED SLIGHTLY, THE HYDRAULIC FLUID WOULD BYPASS THE METERING VALVE. THE RT ARM WORKS NORMALLY. NO FLUID BYPASSING. HEN THE LT ARM IS PULLED, WOULD GET A CHATTER IN THE ANTISKID VALVE. DETERMINED THE BRAKE METERING VALVE TO BE AT FAULT. REMOVED THE METERING VALVEAND INSTALLED AN OVERHAULED UNIT. BLED ANTISKID BRAKE SYSTEM AND COMPLIED WITH AN OPS CHECK WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. NO CHATTER. OPS AND LEAK CHECKED GOOD. IAW MM 32-44-20.

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