3500 GENERATOR SET ENGINES Caterpillar


Front Drive Housing

Usage:

Remove And Install Front Drive Housing

Start By:

a. remove governor fastener group

b. remove accessory drive (front)

c. remove oil and water pump drive

d. remove crankshaft front seal and wear sleeve

NOTE: Make sure there is a new crankshaft front seal and wear sleeve before the front drive housing is removed. Anytime the front seal is removed from the wear sleeve, a new seal and sleeve must be installed.

1. Remove elbow (2) and tube (3) as a unit.

2. Remove the cover and gasket from opening (1).

3. Remove bolts (6) and use tooling (B) to remove shaft (5). Remove idler gear (4).

4. If necessary, use tooling (C) and a press to remove the bearing from idler gear (4).

5. Remove washer (7).

6. Remove bolt (9), the washer, and clip (8).

7. Remove cover (11).

8. Remove all of the bolts that hold the oil pan to the engine. Install 3/8" -16 NC guide bolts in each side of the oil pan. Fasten a hoist to the engine and lift the engine approximately 12 mm (0.5 in) off of the oil pan. Put two 50 mm wide x 100 m long x 6 mm thick (2 in wide x 4 in long x 1/4 in thick) plates in position between the cylinder block and the oil pan on each side of the engine. Lower the engine on the plates and remove the hoist. The weight of the 3508 engine is approximately 4445 kg (9800 lb). The weight of the 3512 engine is approximately 5902 kg (13,000 lb). The weight of the 3516 Engine is approximately 7718 kg (17,000 lb).


NOTICE

Fuel control linkage (10) must be moved for clearance to pull the front drive housing from the engine or damage to the parts can be the result.


9. Fasten a hoist and tooling (A) to front drive housing (12). Remove bolts (13) and the remainder of the bolts that hold housing (12) in position. Remove front drive housing (12) and the gasket. The weight of the housing is 209 kg (460 lb).

NOTE: The following steps are for installation of the front drive housing.

10. Put the housing gasket in position on the front of the cylinder block. Install two 5/8" -11 NC guide bolts (14) in the cylinder block.

11. Fasten a hoist and tooling (A) to front drive housing (12). Put housing (12) in position on the guide bolts to hold it in position. Remove guide bolts (14) and install the remainder of the bolts. Tighten all of the bolts evenly and cut the housing gasket even with the bottom of the cylinder block.

12. Fasten a hoist to the engine and lift the engine enough to remove the plates between the cylinder block and the oil pan. If the oil pan gasket is damaged, the engine will have to be removed from the oil pan to make a replacement of the gasket. Lower the engine on the oil pan and remove the guide bolts from the oil pan. Install all of the bolts that hold the oil pan to the engine.

13. Put clean engine oil on the O-ring seal and install cover (11) on the drive housing.

14. Install clip (8), the washer, and bolt (9).

15. Put washer (7) in position inside the drive housing.

16. Use tooling (C) and a press to install the bearing in idler gear (4). Check the bore in the bearing after assembly. The bore in the bearing must be 90.000 ± 0.065 mm (3.5430 ± .0026 in).

17. Put clean engine oil on the O-ring seal on shaft (5). Install idler gear (4), shaft (5) and bolts (6).

18. Install the cover and gasket over opening (1).

19. Install elbow (2) and tube (3).

NOTE: Anytime the front crankshaft seal and wear sleeve are removed a new seal and wear sleeve must be installed.

End By:

a. install crankshaft front seal and wear sleeve

b. install oil and water pump drive

c. install accessory drive (front)

d. install governor fastener group

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