David Leonard wrote:

On 7/21/05, Finn Lassen <finn.lassen@verizon.net> wrote:

Is it really miscolored blue like that? A lot of heat! Amazing if that
didn't transfer to the sun gears, but I suppose the oil could have
carried away the heat. I'd send the planet gear assembly as well, just
to be sure.

 

It is not blue, that is just the way it looks in the picture.

--
Dave Leonard

OK, never mind.

BTW, in case anybody out there is alarmed about this "failure", here's something to consider:
Any system will have a weak point. In case of a prop strike this is where I would prefer to have the PSRU fail, as opposed to an exploding housing, stripped teeth, etc.

Now, it was my understanding that you won't have a complete loss of power, that the sun gear would slip, freeze on the shaft, slip again, etc. This may not be correct -- if the sun gear expands more than the input shaft I guess it will be able to rotate freely, but it seems some friction would remain?

Finn