Consequences of Bearing failure
Bearing failure in low speed 2 stroke engines often causes high cost catastrophic damage, in his book The Story of an Engine , Ture Rinman, A Götaverken Publication No 482, Göteborg 1964 comments "The nasty part about bearing wear is, that it can, and often does, go on unnoticed until the damage is done"
- High cost consequential damage
- Non-standard undersize bearings
- Unplanned loss of operating time
- In many case in situe journal regrinding required
- Potential risk of crankcase explosion
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