Re: [CBQ] +Re: SD 45

[Mike <havremt2002@yahoo.com>]

These units were star-crossed from the start.  I worked at the oil lab in 
Lincoln and remember that each series had some unique problem.  Lots of cranks 
and wrist-pins.  Some units didn't make it from La Grange to Lincoln without 
major failures.  Some of it was caused by defective parts from suppliers.  The 
Mean Time Between Failures was awful.  It was an easy choice for the BN when 
the SD-40-2's came out.  

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, ANDREW KOETZ <andrewkoetz@gmail.com> wrote:

From: ANDREW KOETZ <andrewkoetz@gmail.com>
Subject: [CBQ] +Re: SD 45
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 11:08 PM






 




    
                          To bad "robo-welders" were not available at that time 
period. With wirefeed or stick welding several passes need to be made in order 
to properly join the two pieces of metal. It sounds to me that the "welder in 
question" who made the bad welds from the start must have been getting ready 
for retirement and didn't care about working for EMD anymore. Just my .02 worth.



Each unit took a week or more to repair. On many units, the damage 

was so bad that the entire bolster assembly had to be replaced.



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