This week I have stayed really busy working on a CAT 3516. I have been doing a power pack on one of the cylinders. I learned a lot on how to measure certain items inside the engine and also how to use the measuring instruments correctly. I have found many issues with the engine I am been working on. I feel confident now measuring items inside the engine and knowing that I have the correct measurement.
Hours:
Week: 50
Total: 250
This week we started working on engines in class. We took apart a John deer engine that had a hole in the side of it. We took it apart looking for the failure and what we found was not what we were expecting. We all made guesses and most of them were for a connecting rod. In the end we found out that it was the balancing shaft that failed and we used failure analysis to find out that one of the balancers came loose. That caused extra wear on the shaft and caused the failure.
Hours:
Week: 50
Total: 200
