Bent con rod on thwaites 1t dumper :(

[chickenfoot]

Hi, first time posting on here, I'm hoping you guys may be able to help me out with some info.

Had a customer roll a dumper on it's side, lock up the engine and manage to bend a con rod. I'm trying to find out if it's possible to remove the con rods on a yanmar engine without removing the engine...

I've spoken to Thwaites tech dept, who either don't seem to know, or don't want to tell me! all i got was an email back, directing me to a company called EP Barrus, when i spoke to them, they don't do any repairs at all, they just sell engines...

It's a mach201 machine, with only 16 hours on the clock!
Any advice, whatsoever, that anybody can give me, could be incredible!

Thank you

[Muz]

Hi Dave welcome.

I'd suggest hauling it out, because all three cylinders should be inspected. Oil usually gets into at least 2 of them possibly all 3 if theyve managed to crank it over. Its false economy to do anything less IMHO . Crying shame for such a new machine !! ... Just saying also ... last time I had a Mitsi L3E out of a Volvo EC15 that had been rolled it turned out cheaper to replace the engine. At that time Volvo couldnt even supply a crank shaft or shells as the engine had run a big end due to it being left running whilst on its side