Service difficulty report · Carbon Seal · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
July 22, 2012
Submitted
July 26, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N545UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
25323
Aircraft time
78,105 hours, 22,624 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Carbon Seal
Part number
729825M
Part serial
30682
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nr 1 Idg
Component
Idg
Component part number
729825M
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LEFT GEN DRIVE EICAS AND GENERATOR DRIVE DISC ON FOR 3 MIN THEN ALL APPEAR NORMAL. AFTER REMOVAL OF NR 1 IDG FOUND CARBON DRIVE SEAL LEAKING. REPLACED IDG CARBON SEALS REF MM. RAN ENG AT IDLE. NO LEAKS NOTED. RAN ENG, DISCONNECTED LT IDG DDP CW. REPLACED IDG. RAN ENGINE AT IDLE AND NO GEN DRIVE LIGHT OR IDG EICAS MESSAGES. NO LEAKS NOTED FROM IDG.