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Technician reported difficulties in the installation of an o-ring on a lavatory sink stopper without the required special tool being available.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1711524 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Toilet Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Airbus lavatory sink strainers o-ring when in need of replacement requires a special tool to stretch the o-ring into place on the stopper. Ref [figure]. The tool required is xxxxxxx. This tool has been difficult to acquire. The suggestion would be to have the stopper come equipped with the o-ring already attached to the assembly so as to not impact the system with respect to delays in acquiring the tool.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Technician reported difficulties in the installation of an O-Ring on a lavatory sink stopper without the required special tool being available.
Narrative: Airbus Lavatory Sink Strainers O-Ring when in need of replacement requires a special tool to stretch the o-ring into place on the stopper. Ref [figure]. The tool required is XXXXXXX. This tool has been difficult to acquire. The suggestion would be to have the stopper come equipped with the o-ring already attached to the assembly so as to not impact the system with respect to delays in acquiring the tool.
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.