MAN B&W Diesel A/S Baw Service Letter No: SL92-291/UM March 1992 S/K/L50-60-70-80-90MC Exhaust Valve Lifting Gear Arrangement Dear Sirs, With nearly 2000 MC engines in service, we have got reports about a few cases of breakage of the lifting gear for the exhaust valve actuator. The reason for breakage was a lack of clearance between the lifting gear arm (pos. 2 on the enclosed drawing) and the roller guide in its bottom position, owing to incorrect tightening. As a result, the lifting gear arm was hit by the bottom of the roller guide at each stroke. As the lifting gear arrangement is seldom used, and only in connection with emergency running, a possible breakage will not normally be recognised until the bottom tray of the cam- shaft housing is inspected. In the reported cases, breakage of the spindle end was not discovered until the lifting arm was found broken. However, recently we learned about one single case of a breakage which led to severe camshaft damage. The broken-off lifting arm was, due to heavy rolling of the ship, caught between the exhaust cam and the housing. Against this background, we recommend that, at the first opportunity, the clearance is checked between the lifting gear arm and the exhaust roller guide in its bottom posi- tion. The clearance should be min. 3 mm, except for the S/L50MC for which 2.5 mm is permitted, as will appear from the enclosed drawing. HEAD OFFICE (& posta ederess) DIESEL SERVICE FORWARONG & RECEIVING MAN 28W Diesel A/S ‘Staromer Tel Stemhoimen Yo ‘Teghermagece 35 Toginamagade 35 Benmark DK:2650 rwidove (Copenhagen) DX 2680 Hedowre (Copenhagen) Die2450 Copenhagen SV DIC2a80 Copernagen SV Reg No 24234 hone 453400 2501 ‘olephone: 40314925 01° Telephone: 48 313) 44°93 Telephone: tae 331 4439, len manbano ‘elo 19028 ontonw de "97 man {9002 ber de opy! 45314043 97 opy #48 9317920 ‘etecopy = asa 493066 Totscopy 245 31 43.4172 ‘0023 onfore ak py #48 31395 22The check should be carried out in the following manner: 0.0 Stop the engine. 1.0 Check the correct tightening of the locking device of the lifting gear in its neutral position. 1.1 Check that the stop block (pos. 12) is in the blocking position. 1.2 Loosen the nut (pos. 7) completely and ensure that the lifting gear is resting in the lower position (pos. 11). 1.3 Retighten the screw (pos. 13) of the stop block in accordance with the enclosed drawing. 2.0 With the roller guide in the bottom position, check the clearance between lifting arm and exhaust roller guide, through the inspection cover in the cam housing. If the clearance is too small, the correct clearance is esta- blished by filing off the top of the pin on the lifting gear arm. 3.0 Now tighten the nut (pos. 7) lightly with 10 Nm (1 kpm only). 4.0 Finally, check that the clearance between arm and roller guide is correct. Yours faithfully, MAN B&W Diesel A/S n { Encl.MAN B&W DIESEL, @ oT Bottom dead centre. yeaa B lleteonane | x(a cone uNeiem (aoe 13) K9OMC-C_L/S90MC 3 525 L/S80MG 310 L/S70Mq 165 K60MC _L/S60MC 165 _ L/S50Mq 2.5 65