nodrama
Maybe I can help clear some of the confusion.....the duplex bearing failed, for whatever reason, and stopped doing its job of allowing the spider to rotate freely around a stationary rod. The rod then started rotating with the spider. Because the rod would rotate anti-clock wise, it tightened the big nut up as far as it’s cotter pin would allow, and then the big nut would continue to rotate with the rod. At the smaller nut end, the effect would be the opposite. The locking wire and cotter pin would prevent the nut from undoing, and the smaller nut would turn with the rod. This caused friction against the carrier, eventually welding the smaller nut to it. The nut is now part of the fixed servo link. The rod would be turning against a cotter pin and locking wire, which it seems, from the report, that it sheared, and wound itself out of the nut.
You did. (clear up confusion). Thank you!
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