After the
main bearings became loose, the bearing tangs wore and the
main bearing in the #2 position started to come apart, allowing the other half of the bearing to move and ride up into the crankshaft radius, creating a stress riser.
But the longer rotor blades that they require lead to higher loads on the
main bearing and the shaft.
In a major engineering feat, the 200 ton, 50 year old, 26m diameter radio telescope at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) has been recommissioned after replacing the
main bearing in its polar shaft that failed in October 2008.
Notable features of the device include Swiss-made
main bearing and more than 200 parts that create a seamless opening for the handset.
On the basis of the obtained results of theoretical and experimental research the authors have developed an algorithm of engineering design procedure for spatial-rod large cut shells which allow to estimate geometrical parameters, rigid parameters of the
main bearing elements, parameters of the considered object intense-deformed state.
Yet both respond to local resources, need and culture, with the Ethiopian one using growing trees as the
main bearing element, and the Japanese house forming a marvellous compressed sequence of internal and external spaces on a very tight site.
An engineer said they were the
main bearing bolts, and that the damage was wear and tear.
If not adequately controlled, torsional vibration causes rapid
main bearing and main journal wear and possible crankshaft failure.
Its major product is the
main bearing cap, used to guide an engine's crankshaft and to transfer motion from the pistons to the vehicle's wheels.