823042062 Mercury BOLT

October 19, 2006
U-193
A-147
D-153
O-165
PriorityParts stock action needed PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR SAMPLINGTHE ENGINE OIL AND IF NECESSARY REPLACING THE IDLER GEAR ASSEMBLY ON 3054EAND 3056E ENGINES INSTALLED IN CERTAIN M313C, M315C, M316C, M318C, ANDM322C WHEELED EXCAVATORS
1206 PI30947
This Program must be administered assoon as possible. When reporting the repair, use "PI30947" as the Partnumber and "7751" as the Group Number, "56" as the Warranty Claim DescriptionCode and "T" as the SIMS Description Code. Exception: If the repair isdone after failure, use "PI30947" as the Part Number, "7751" as the GroupNumber, "96" as the Warranty Claim Description Code, and "Z" as the SIMSDescription Code. The information supplied in this serviceletter may not be valid after the termination date of this program. Donot perform the work outlined in this Service Letter after the terminationdate without first contacting your Caterpillar product analyst. Make every effort to administer thisprogram in a timely manner, but with the least incursion into the customers?operation. Taking oil samples at the normal maintenance interval, especiallywhere Customer Support Agreements are in existence, or where customersalready use Scheduled Oil Sampling, is advised to keep program costs toa minimum. This program also affords an opportunity to promote CSAs andSOS with customers not currently enrolled.
COMPLETION DATE
TERMINATION DATE
April 30, 2007 October 31, 2007PROBLEM
There have been reports of premature wearon the idler gear bushing assembly and idler hub.Root cause has been identified as a machiningprocess change made by the gear supplier, which had an undesirable effecton the surface finish of some idler gear bushings. Copper content in theoil has been identified as an accurate method for predicting whether theengine will be affected by the accelerated wear condition.Rework of the idler gear assembly is recommendedif the copper content in the oil exceeds the threshold levels detailedbelow(expressed as Cu). Oil samples should be taken duringroutine service intervals (unless an oil sampling program is already inexistence with predetermined intervals which are more frequent than thenormal service intervals).
While elevated copper levels from SOS samplingcan effectively identify accelerated idler gear bearing wear, occasionalhard cold starting difficulties and occasional low engine oil pressurewarnings may also indicate premature idler gear bearing wear.AFFECTED PRODUCT
The affected serial number list shownbelow excludes machines that were repaired under an earlier field probeto determine the extent of this problem. Other machines may already havebeen repaired with parts announced in TIBU4161. While these machines maystill be included in the list below, there is no need to replace the idlergear assembly again. If your machine is in the affected productbelow and is a new machine being currently held in Dealer stock or inventory,apply this PI and re-work the Idlergear As. (There is no requirement tosample the oil).
ModelGROUP 1 Identification Number
M313C BDR118-119, 125, 127-130,133, 135-136, 139, 143-144, 147, 151, 154-155, 158, 163-164, 166, 168,175-176, 178, 182-183, 187, 189, 195, 199, 203, 207, 209-210, 212, 214,216, 218-219, 221, 234, 236-237, 239-240, 243, 245-247, 252-256, 259, 261,272, 274, 278-279, 283, 285, 292, 297-298, 300, 306-307, 309, 312, 314,317, 320-321, 328, 332, 334-335, 337, 344-345, 349, 353, 356-357, 359-362,378, 380, 382, 389, 391, 394-395, 397-398, 400, 403-404, 406, 408, 410-411,415-420, 426-427, 429-431, 443, 445, 451, 453-454, 458-459, 467, 469-470
M315C BDM347, 350-351, 354,356, 358, 361-362, 366-367, 373-374, 381, 386, 389-390, 394-396, 402, 405,407, 411, 414, 418-419, 421-422, 424, 427, 434, 436, 443, 445-447, 458,463-464, 467, 470, 472-473, 480-482, 485-487, 489-491, 493-494, 496-497,507-508, 517, 519, 523, 527, 533, 535-536, 540-542, 546, 548-549, 554,556, 559-560, 565, 567, 573, 581, 585, 590
ModelGROUP 2 Identification Number
M316C BDX345, 347, 351, 353,356-357, 362-367, 369-373, 375, 377, 382, 385, 389, 392, 397-398, 402-404,407, 413-418, 422, 430, 434-436, 439-441, 444, 446-448, 452-453, 455-457,461, 476, 480, 486, 488-489, 491, 497, 499, 508, 512, 515, 518-519, 521,523, 526, 528-531, 533-534, 537, 539, 543, 545, 547, 549-551, 553, 555-558,562, 564-566, 569-571, 573, 575, 580, 583-587, 590-594, 597, 599-601, 603-606,608-610, 612, 614, 616, 628, 633, 636-637, 641-642, 644
M318C BCZ492-493, 495-498,501-502, 504-509, 511, 514, 516-519, 521, 525, 529, 531, 533-534, 541-543,545-553, 555, 558-561, 563, 565-566, 568, 570, 572-573, 575, 577, 579,583, 585-586, 588-589, 591, 593-594, 597, 602, 604-608, 611, 614, 616,618-621, 623-624, 626-633, 635-637, 639-644, 650, 657, 662, 665, 667, 669,671-672, 675-677, 681, 683-688, 690, 692, 694, 696BEB198, 200, 205-206, 210-211, 213, 217, 220-223
M322C BDK243, 246-247, 250,253, 255, 257, 259-261, 264, 266, 269, 271, 273, 275-280, 282, 284-285,287, 289, 291-293, 296, 299, 301-305, 307-309, 315, 317BDY259-260, 265, 270-272, 274-276, 278-284,287, 289-290, 295-296, 298-301, 308-309, 311-312, 314, 318PARTS NEEDED
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GROUP 1 Part Number
Description
1 OIL SAMPLINGKIT
1 4W-5359 SEAL
3 6I0650 BOLT
1 2514336 GEAR AS-IDLE
1 2546029 HUB-IDLERGE
1 2551209