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Old timer told me to grease the suction line every shift, I skipped it for a week
Last month on the Mississippi job, I figured a little extra friction wouldn't hurt anything, but by Thursday the pump was running hot and I lost four hours of production unclogging a build-up. Anyone else had a simple maintenance tip they ignored until it bit them?
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blake7923mo ago
Back in '96 working a plant in Baton Rouge, I had an old mechanic who swore by greasing the air intake valve every 400 hours. I got busy and pushed it to 600, then 700. By the time I finally checked it, the valve was so gummed up it wouldn't fully close. The compressor ran nonstop trying to keep pressure up and I burned out the motor windings. Cost me three days and a rebuilt unit. Now I keep a little notebook in my lunchbox with a checklist for each machine. The simple stuff never changes. What bites you hardest is almost always the thing you know better than to skip.
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alicemurphy3mo ago
Yeah, that "simple stuff never changes" line from @blake792 is dead on. I skipped greasing a suction line once and lost half a shift to a clogged pump. The old timers werent just talking to hear themselves talk.
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carter.joseph3mo ago
Read that same thing in a maintenance forum once, guy said he skipped greasing a ball joint on a conveyor belt and the whole thing seized up mid-run. Took them two days to get it moving again. Guess the old timers earned their salt the hard way so we dont have to.
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