AS 350 B & B2 Tail rotor damage help NEEDED...

[Flyting]

We have recently discovered on two of our squirrells (a B and a B2) tail rotor damage. If you look at the pics you see the pitch link wear and actual metal on metal contact with the other high-lighted marks. We've pushed and pulled on other 350 tail rotor's to try and find how and where, and the closest we've come to getting the metal to contact is about 7mm. Unfortunately, the engineers had already taken everything apart so we couldn't push the respective machines to see. If anyone has seen or has any ideas about what has happened here please help. Eurocopter has no idea!!!!!!

PICS:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...222257text.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...a/PB221687.jpg

Do you think this is still serviceable??? The engineers have filed the damage out and we're waiting to find out if they're going back on ???

[matkat]

Sorry not a rotor head but IMHO the damage on pic one is acceptable but pic is definately not, as I say its MO so take as that.