Service difficulty report · Collar · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
June 14, 2011
Submitted
July 7, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N579UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
26697
Aircraft time
60,487 hours, 21,498 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Collar
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

NOSE GEAR STEERING USING FOOT PEDDLES PRODUCES APPROX 1 DEGREE LEFT WITH FULL LEFT INPUT AND APPROXIMATELY 8 DEGREES RT WITH FULL INPUT. INSPECTED NLG, NO DEFECTS NOTED. FOUND STEERING COLLAR WITH INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION. ACCOMPLISHED GEAR LUBE AND RIG CHECK PER MM. STEERING OPERATION NORMAL. ACCOMPLISHED ACFT TAXI AND VERIFIED NORMAL STEERING RESPONSE.