OK. Hey thanks for the posts guys. I will go ahead and take the engine apart again. I will remove the rear oring completely, and make sure that there is free movement of the preload system once again. I am sure that the needles were not blocked because I checked them. It is a brand new inconel CC, and EGT's have been well within bounds. When I reassemble the engine, I will run it with the posted settings according to the FADEC manual. y manual must be old, because it doesn’t say anything about this..

Later,
Brandon