Eric, I agree with you completely.
Just some information, I read the EAD to refer to the servo input rods, both main rotor and tail servo inputs. Having looked at the S76A i.p.c. 67-15-00, it seems to me that for the adjustable rod end to disconnect from the tube one of the bolts would have to be removed, as the other rod end is rivetted to the tube. If both rod ends were threaded (l.h. and r.h. threads) and both of the lock nuts were loose and not locked then the rod could have could have lost a rod end, on the servo rods only one end is adjustable. There is, of course, a chance that the rod end itself has failed on the threaded part. I await comment from a current S76 L.A.E.