Toyota Corolla

1992-1998 of release

Repair and operation of the car

Check

In spite of the fact that radical and conrod bearings at capital repairs of the engine are subject to obligatory replacement, the bearings which were in operation should be stored in the place of their installation for careful check as wear tracks on these details allow to restore the general condition of the engine.

Insufficient lubricant, presence of dirt and foreign particles, overload of the engine and corrosion are causes of destruction of bearings of a bent shaft. Irrespective of the reason which caused destruction of bearings it should be eliminated before final assembly of the engine to avoid repeated damages of these details.

When checking a condition of bearings they should be got from seats (from the block of cylinders, covers of radical bearings of a bent shaft, conrod covers and rods) and to lay out on a pure surface in the same order in which they were established on the engine. It will allow to establish the corresponding support of a bent shaft in which the bearing underwent the increased wear.

Dirt and foreign particles get to the engine for various reasons, in the course of assembly, via filters or system of ventilation of a case. Pollution can also get to oil, and from it – to bearings. Often at pollution there are metal particles from machining of details of the engine, or owing to wear at normal operation of the engine. Sometimes at pollution there are remains of abrasive materials after carrying out pritirochny and grinding works, especially at insufficient washing and a clearing of the engine after completion of works. Irrespective of the origin reason foreign pollution usually take root into soft alloy of the bearing and are easily distinguishable. Large particles will not be able to take root into the bearing and lead to emergence of scratches and zadir on surfaces as bearing and necks of the crankshaft. The best way of the prevention of such wear is careful washing of details and maintenance of faultless purity at assembly of the engine. For the prevention of premature wear it is also recommended to a thicket to change oil and filters.

Insufficient lubricant of the engine ("oil starvation") can be caused by a number of the interconnected reasons. An engine overheat (causes oil fluidifying), overloads concern to them (cause expression of oil from the surface of bearings) and pressure decrease because of leak (emission) of oil (because of the raised gaps in bearings, wear of the oil pump, big frequency of rotation of a bent shaft). Also blocking of oil channels, usually owing to a nesovmeshchennost of lubricant openings in the bearing and details of its case is the reason of the accelerated wear of bearings of a bent shaft that causes insufficient lubricant and failure. When insufficient lubricant is a cause of destruction there is a wipe or expression of material of a covering of the bearing from a steel basis. Temperature increases up to such level that from an overheat there is a vykrashivaniye of a steel basis of the bearing which gets a bluish shade.

Durability of bearings of a bent shaft also significantly depends on skills of driving and the nature of movement. Bearings experience the raised strain at the movement at a small speed at the included overgear. At the raised loadings there is an expression of an oil film. Bearings experience flexural deformations at which microcracks (fatigue wear) are formed. As a rule there is a bearing covering separation from a steel basis in the form of small particles. Trips on small distances can be the reason of corrosion wear of bearings as because of insufficient warming up the condensed moisture and gases causing corrosion do not manage to be removed. These components collect in oil, causing formation of acids and insoluble rainfall. In process of intake of oil to bearings there is a corrosion under the influence of acids, causing destruction of bearings and failure.

Exit of bearings out of operation can be also caused by the wrong installation at assembly of the engine. Too small gap in bearings is the reason of insufficient lubricant and the increased wear. The dirt and foreign particles which got under the bearing back cause its uneven prileganiye and premature failure.

Selection

If the bearings which were in operation are worn-out or have damages, or the gap in bearings does not meet standard (see subsection 3.1.2.17 and subsection 3.1.2.19), then for selection of bearings it is necessary to execute certain actions which are described below. Nevertheless, if the crankshaft pereshlifovyvatsya, it is necessary to establish new repair inserts, – in this case not to apply the described procedures! In a workshop in which the crankshaft was under repair will help you with the choice of inserts of the suitable size. Irrespective of a way of determination of the size of inserts measure a gap in bearings by means of a plastic calibration wire. Measurements are defining at installation of inserts.