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Oil Pump Gear Mounting Caution on Various Kubota Diesel Engines
The AERA Technical Committee offers the following information on oil pump gear mounting caution for various Kubota diesel engines. This information applies to the Z482, D662, D722 & D782 engine models. It’s been reported earlier service manuals may not include a listed torque value for the oil pump gear mounting nut. Later, published service information may be applied to these engines, noting there are possibly different values according to engine serial numbers listed below. Observe the photo and chart below to mount the oil pump and gear for these engines.
7. Oil Pump Gear, a. Torque Nut to 36-41 FT/LBS (49-56 Nm) for Engines Below Serial #4EHZ999 b. Torque Nut to 29-32 FT/LBS (39-45 Nm) for Engines Above Serial #4EHJ0001
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Engine failure analysis can sometimes seem like you’re looking at a “Where’s Waldo” puzzle, but you may find that it all comes down to one detail that starts to tell the story of what caused the failure. Or, that one detail sets the timeline of the events that happened. Then it’s up to you to find Waldo.
You’ve probably seen a damaged piston like the one shown in the photo below and may have heard a similar story that an engine was freshly rebuilt, ran a short period of time, and then, “bam!”. Something happened, and the engine failed.
In this case, it happened to a Caterpillar model 3306 engine. The 3306 engines have been around for decades and have proven to be a tough workhorse of an engine that aren’t prone to having problems. As the story goes, the engine shown in these photos had a valve fail right after being rebuilt and placed into service.
The photos below were taken during the tear-down of the engine. Notice anything odd in one of the photos?
The head of the Valve is lodged in the crown of the piston.
The cylinder head is damaged & the valves are not in head
The failed valve stem is straight.
There is minimal impact damage to the fractured end of the stem.
The other valve from failed cylinder is bent & guide is broken
rocker arm components and push-rods were removed & stacked in valve cover
If you only had the broken valve to work with, you may be able to determine some wear patterns, signs of scoring or seizure, and some of the fracture characteristics from the broken stem. Lab analysis could provide material properties, hardness, and higher level of detail of the initiation point and type of fracture, but your analysis would be very limited.
Having all the parts and information involved in a failure can be the key to finding the root cause.
Steve Scott – IPD | Director of Product Development & Technical Support
Did you find what was odd in one of the photos above? The broken rocker arm shaft and bracket are not commonly damaged during a valve failure. Typically the push rods would be bent, but the bracket and shaft would be unharmed.
The force from a failed valve, especially without any major impact to the valve cannot reasonably break the rocker shaft or bracket.
The rocker shaft bracket in this application has an alignment dowel that centers the bracket to the cylinder head. Closer inspection of the bracket found the alignment dowel in this bracket has been severley damaged. The dowel material has been crushed between the bracket and head in a way that the bracket cannot seat flat to the cylinder head. With the bracket seating unevenly on the cylinder head, the force from torque of the bolt placed an undue stress on the rocker arm shaft, causing it to bend, and eventually break.
Closer inspection of the bracket found the alignment dowel in this bracket has been severely damaged
The rocker arm closest to the fracture of the shaft had evidence of uneven wear and scoring. This rocker arm is positioned directly over the fracture in the rocker arm shaft. With the rocker arm being unable to move freely, the valve was held in the open position and was impacted by the piston, breaking the valve and damaging the piston and cylinder head. No doubt those involved in building this engine have tried to recount how this could have happened, why the problem wasn’t detected during assembly or while adjusting the valves. A bizarre chain of events, and the damage follows a clear time line of the failure.
The dowel material has been crushed between the bracket and head in a way that the bracket cannot seat flat to the cylinder head. With the bracket seating unevenly on the cylinder head, the force from torque of the bolt placed an undue stress on the rocker arm shaft, causing it to bend, and eventually break.
The rocker arm closest to the fracture of the shaft had evidence of uneven wear and scoring. This rocker arm is positioned directly over the fracture in the rocker arm shaft.
This investigation found a very uncommon root cause but being so unusual demonstrates how critical looking past the obvious or perceived failure and at all the evidence can be. Manufacturers can have defective parts and even seasoned professionals can make mistakes, but metal doesn’t lie. Sometimes the evidence is destroyed before an engine can be shut down but spending the time and effort to thoroughly investigate a failure is in the best interest of all involved. When you can figure out the true cause(s) – you’ve found “Waldo”, and it can give you a feeling of accomplishment, but unlike the puzzle, when the answers are no longer there it can also be very frustrating.
Unfortunately to many of us take for granted everything our military and first responders do to keep us safe. Take a moment to give thanks for everything they do. This year we not only want to honor them but also give back to the community. After thorough research we have selected a charity for veterans for us to donate to as a company every year. We are also encouraging our staff to go out and volunteer some of their time for a good cause helping out veterans.
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Cummins Connecting Rod Caution on 1985-2017 Cummins 5.9L B-Series Engines
The AERA Technical Committee offers the following information regarding a connecting rod caution on Cummins 5.9L B-series engines. The caution expressed concerns oversized connecting rod housing bores that may exist for these rods.
Given the more than thirty years these engines have been used in the automotive industry, multiple salvage operations for connecting rods may have been used. Those options include oversizing big-end housing bores to be used with available oversize OD rod bearings. Most commonly those sizes were .002″ (.051 MM) and .003″ (.076 MM) until recently when a .010″ (.254 MM) became available. While these bearings were originally designed for the “Cracked Rods”, they may have been used in conventional rods too.
An extreme caution is advised to shop personnel to observe any bearing markings during engine teardown and to it is suggested to physically measure the big end housing bores before any service parts are ordered. It is also important to measure all rods within an engine, as a single oversized rod may have been used.
As a reference, the standard big end housing bore size is:
• Big End Housing Bore = 28736-2.8744″ (72.990-73.010 MM)
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