Service difficulty report · Control Unit · Boeing 757236

Difficulty date
March 14, 2016
Submitted
March 18, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N915FD
Make and model
Boeing 757236
Aircraft serial
24120
Aircraft time
54,982 hours, 25,320 cycles
Part
Control Unit
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Ailerons
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

STIFFNESS ON ROLL AXIS ON BOTH CAPTAIN & COPILOT CONTROLS. TROUBLE SHOT FOLLOWING TECH TIPS NR 15-0019 & FIM 27-11. INSPECTED & CLEANED ROD COMING TO LATERAL OVERRIDE QUADRANT & FEEL CENTERING & TRIM MECHANISM, NO DEFECTS FOUND. THEN INSPECTED LT, RT PCUS & LT. RT BREAKOUT QUADRANT. FOUND RT & LT PCUS DRY, PCUS NEEDED A LOT OF GREASE SERVICING. SERVICED ALL PCUS IAW AMM 12-21-07-03. NO MORE DEFECT FOUND. PERFORMED LT & RT AILERONS CHECK IAW AMM 27-11-00-5. OPERATIONS & CHECK OK. ACFT OK FOR SERVICE.