7.5 ton crankshaft replacement

[stuartb]

This is well worth watching lads..

https://youtu.be/2drej_qeRSA

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[JimmyMac]

You having bother sleeping big ane?

JimmyMac

 

[stuartb]

Haha I was watching loads of technical videos last night and never realised the time..early bird and all that Jimmy [emoji3]

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[bananaman]

Love these vids, just a bit time consuming lol Last crank I had reground and shells cost me 75 squid, wonder how much this one was ? :indecisiveness:

 

[roadrunner]

Good video that, stuart. And I thought changing the crankshaft on a truck was hard work:rapture:

 

[stuartb]

The time lapse photography kept an unexciting project interesting I thought.



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[stuartb]

Love these vids, just a bit time consuming lol Last crank I had reground and shells cost me 75 squid, wonder how much this one was ? :indecisiveness:

Bet its measured in tens of thousands Bananaman ?????

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[bananaman]

Bet its measured in tens of thousands Bananaman ?????

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+ all the logistics of fitting it lol

 

[Kennybush]

I've spent the last 12 hours trying to figure out why a similar sized caterpillar engine wont start without forcing the fuel into the engine with a 16 inch adjustable spanner!!!

Only a toy compared to a proper 2 stroke marine engine, where there is a ladder down into the crankcase under every piston!

 

[stuartb]

You just cant imagine the size of these Kenny

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[stuartb]

+ all the logistics of fitting it lol

Better if we saw them securing big end and journal caps and what they used to torque them down.

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[Oli]

Great video Stu!

I?ve actually been on a tour round a cruise ship engine room (a hundred years ago lol!), and the scale of these is enormous, there?s two engines from memory and each must have been the size of a small house!

 

[Kennybush]

I'll see if i can find any photos of proper engines when i get home from this trip. Think i have one of a mate sitting in a crankshaft journal reading MCN

Working on engines like that is what pays for my RR

 

[bananaman]

Kenny.....Not taking away the expertise of those men but it must be easier to work on than a fiddly bike or car engine? You could hardly drop and lose a bolt the size of yr head lol

 

[Kennybush]

Kenny.....Not taking away the expertise of those men but it must be easier to work on than a fiddly bike or car engine? You could hardly drop and lose a bolt the size of yr head lol

A lot easier to work on a big diesel than a bike engine apart from the hassle of needing cranes and chain blocks to lift any major components! But in saying that there is always 1 bolt that you cant reach or is seized solid

 

[stuartb]

Kenny.....Not taking away the expertise of those men but it must be easier to work on than a fiddly bike or car engine? You could hardly drop and lose a bolt the size of yr head lol

Get them posted up

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