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Great point. It also wears rod bearings because the load is high and the oil pressure is low. Heavy contact can spin the bearing, then oil flow is cut off, the bearing gets loose, knocking starts, then constant impacts put a lot of stress on related parts.Food for thought. As bad as over-revving a Multi fuel is, Lugging one is very bad also. It will really stress the rod bolts and wrist-pins(pistons too).
Ditto on tight Maint Reg.As a manager over rebuilds at MCLB Albany, I can honestly say, torque wrench's are calibrated to a schedule, bolts are of the highest quality and trend analysis of failure's are tracked extensively. If there is a problem, we notice it quickly and I know of a few rebuilt trucks that slipped out, were almost shipped and came right back for another frame down rebuild to make sure we did everything possible to support the Warfighter. I can't speak to all of DOD or for how things were run in the 80's when these trucks run through TEAD but I doubt it was any different back in the day.
My National Guard experience has been that if a truck needed a motor, it recieved an LDS 465 as they have more power, could run 2600 rpm all day, and pull the load at at least 55 mph. More or less the same prime mover but could handle the stress of moving trucks across state. Of course, we still have alot of LDT 465 powered trucks getting the job done.
Test the bolts!!!
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