Narrative:

I was assigned to aircraft X to do an aircraft service (ase) because of a deferral to replace the auto pilot (ap) roll actuator. I did the ase and during my walk around [saw] something protruding from vertical to fuselage. It was a seal sticking out approximately 10 inches and while I was there I noticed the vertical stab to fuselage panels were delaminated. I wrote them up. I then proceeded to replace [the] roll actuator. In the setup it asks if the ailerons are in neutral and since the rig pin went into the wheel and the droop actuator I assumed they were. After replacing the actuator I went to make sure the ailerons were still in neutral with hydraulics on and found one to be 3 inches up and the other 2 inches down so after I signed off the installation I wrote up they still needed to be rigged. At neutral position they are supposed to be 8 mm or less. At this point [the] supervisor said the maintenance manual said it didn't require to be checked. I disagreed because the manual did ask to check at the beginning of the task and it made sense to me that it should still be at neutral after the job was finished. I am [on] vacation and was assigned a temporary duty to ZZZ that was not done per the contract so the union steward called me to update me on my grievance and while talking to me he said maintenance manager was going to write me up for over inspecting the airplane. I disagree with this because I was asked to look at the airplane on the walk around and I still feel aircraft is flying with the ailerons out of rig. I was told a mechanic went and signed them off because management said I went too far after my installation. I know they signed it off and not sure what kind of inspection they did; I do know when I left they [were] still not right. Either way my inspection of the panels was good because they replaced 3 of them and had to get an engineering order for the 4th one. I also feel the ailerons are not right.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A maintenance person replaced the Auto Pilot roll actuator on an Airbus A300 which required a preliminary rig check for the ailerons. After replacement of the actuator the ailerons appeared out of rig.

Narrative: I was assigned to Aircraft X to do an Aircraft Service (ASE) because of a deferral to replace the Auto Pilot (AP) roll actuator. I did the ASE and during my walk around [saw] something protruding from vertical to fuselage. It was a seal sticking out approximately 10 inches and while I was there I noticed the vertical stab to fuselage panels were delaminated. I wrote them up. I then proceeded to replace [the] roll actuator. In the setup it asks if the ailerons are in neutral and since the rig pin went into the wheel and the droop actuator I assumed they were. After replacing the actuator I went to make sure the ailerons were still in neutral with hydraulics on and found one to be 3 inches up and the other 2 inches down so after I signed off the installation I wrote up they still needed to be rigged. At neutral position they are supposed to be 8 mm or less. At this point [the] supervisor said the maintenance manual said it didn't require to be checked. I disagreed because the manual did ask to check at the beginning of the task and it made sense to me that it should still be at neutral after the job was finished. I am [on] vacation and was assigned a Temporary Duty to ZZZ that was not done per the contract so the union steward called me to update me on my grievance and while talking to me he said Maintenance Manager was going to write me up for over inspecting the airplane. I disagree with this because I was asked to look at the airplane on the walk around and I still feel aircraft is flying with the ailerons out of rig. I was told a mechanic went and signed them off because management said I went too far after my installation. I know they signed it off and not sure what kind of inspection they did; I do know when I left they [were] still not right. Either way my inspection of the panels was good because they replaced 3 of them and had to get an Engineering Order for the 4th one. I also feel the ailerons are not right.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.