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Old 24th Jul 2012, 01:55
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Lyman
 
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Does the 1000 have the same architecture as the 900 re: gearbox? After the lengthy thread about the Qantas uncontainment, another "manufacturing defect"? I doubt the 56M charge off was the only one, won't they be a quarterly deal?

The drive shaft for the gearbox takes its power off the High Pressure shaft, just forward of the Turbine. It seems like an awful lot of rpm for a power take off.

How does the corrosion happen, is it present prior to assembly? That makes it a QA problem. What in the transmission could cause corrosion?
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