• Maximum and minimum diameters, taper and wear of each crankpin and main journal.
• Connecting rod bores for dimensions and wear.
• The run out of each main journal to check for heat induced bents in the crankshaft.
• Extent of cam wear in each of the crankpins.
• Complete non destructive testing using magnetic particles and ultra violet lamp for heat cracks both on the surface and the sub surface of the crankpins and main journals.
• Comprehensive testing and profiling of hard spots and bands

At conclusion of our tests we decided :

• Crankpin # 6 must be ground 3mm undersize to remove hard spots and heat cracks.
• All other crankpins must be ground 1mm undersize to remove the ridges from the cam wear.
• All main journals must be polished to remove surface scratches.
• The crankshaft was bent in way of main journals # 6 and 7 and has to be straightened

The crankshaft had suffered a heat induced bent in way of main journals # 6 and #7. The solution lies in stress relieve and this was achieved by using a peening hammer on the heat affected areas of crankpin # 6. At completion of this stage of the repair, the run-out of the crankshaft was restored to 0.03mm which was exactly at Builder's Specifications.

All the crankpins were ground to the specification sizes. Work was carried out on 24 hours basis using 2 grinding turbines to speed up the repairs.

While grinding was in progress, the cylinder liners were honed in place.

In house quality control system requires that these grinding repairs were monitored on a daily basis with the following checks:

• All micrometers were calibrated using “Standard” bars.
• Magnetic Particle Inspection technique was used to check on presence and conditions of heat cracks.
• Hardness testing using hand held portable electronic testers to determine the degree of existing hardness and the sizes of affected areas.

The fillets adjacent to the bearing landing surfaces were ground to achieve a smooth transition to the webs and as well to provide a good oil flow for the cooling lubrication oil.

Finally all the crankpins were polished with an oscillating super-finishing machine to obtain a finish of 6 micro-inch.
All the main journals were polished to the same degree.
After careful cleaning the engine was rebuild using new bearings. The engine was tested and bearings were opened to determine the contact pattern.