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BEST PRACTICE TITLE 3500 Engine Block Salvage - Water Ferrule Inserts
COMPANY Cat
DEALERSHIP Various
REGION NACD
Email: schell_joe_r@cat.com,
Phone 309.494.4447, Fax 309.675.4616
April 09
0906-4.5-1013
300 Hamilton Blvd., Ste. 300, Peoria, IL 61629-3810, U.S.A. catminer.com
CAT GLOBAL MINING BEST PRACTICE SERIES
1.0 Introduction
Caterpillar has recently released a Special Instruction SEBF8263 that details a procedure to
salvage 3500 series engine blocks with pitting in the water ferrule areas. The Special Instruction
is attached. This is a procedure to drill out the damaged / pitted area with an end mill bit and
install a stainless steel insert.
There are several methods to salvage block surfaces with pitting in the water ferrule and water
seal area. Often dealers will mill the entire top deck surface enough to remove the pitting. This
procedure is an effective repair, but shortens the number of times a block can be reused due to
the reduced block height.
Caterpillar does offer a salvage process for this area using Belzona to repair the surface, but this
is not a long-term fix.
Repairing a pitted block during the first rebuild by installing stainless steel inserts in all the water
ferrule areas will reduce future pitting and future need for machining and salvage. This may add
one or more additional life cycles to the engine block
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While some Caterpillar dealers use a Rottler machining center to cut the counterbores for the
inserts, the process can be performed with a large radial drill and milling template. Even with the
additional steps involved, this process provides a cost effective method for those dealers without
large CNC vertical mills.
To implement and use this salvage procedure is a matter of following the Special Instruction
SEBF8263. However, there are two key elements of this Best Practice regarding when and how
to use the salvage procedure.
Some dealers, as a standard practice, automatically install stainless steel inserts in all the block
water ferrules (8 per cylinder) at the first rebuild. This is done even if the majority of the ferrules
do not show signs of pitting.
The benefit of this practice is that, after inserts are installed, the block top deck is only machined a
few thousands of an inch. In future rebuilds, the need to machine the block is greatly reduced or
eliminated.
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Without the use of inserts, it is often necessary to machine the block .010 or more to remove the
pitting. After a second rebuild, the block deck height is often at minimum height and cannot be
used again without spray welding the entire deck.
Using the steel inserts on the first rebuild can add one or more life cycles to the engine block.
A second feature of this Best Practice is that the salvage can be performed without the need of
expensive machining tools, such as a Rottler or CNC. This procedure is performed with a vertical
drill.
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Note template has bushings to guide the drill end bit and pins to position and lock the template
to the block deck.
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Caterpillar offers large (30mm) and small (20mm) stainless steel inserts as a serviced part
number. Specification and part numbers are contained in the Special Instruction. The inserts
are a 416 steel for easier machining. Procedure requires a 20mm and a 30mm end mill bit.
4.0 Benefits
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Investment costs vary depending on what machining capability dealer already has:
o Radial drill press and block supporting stands
o Surface milling machine
o End milling tools
o Counterboring and drilling templates (fabricated as needed)
People
o Establish standard job/process with team
Training
o Establish the salvage benefits with the production team
o Train machinists in process and quality expectation
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None.
8.0 Acknowledgements
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