Repair of CFM56 Bearings with Replacement of Components

Bearing Reconditioning

Overhaul of the CFM56 #4R mainshaft engine bearing with replacement of components (cage, rollers, outer ring) 1. Part numbers concerned
Engine CFM56 Model -3/-5/-7 Bearing Position #4 Bearing Type R (Roller) Part Number 335-352-301-0 335-352-302-0 335-352-303-0 335-352-304-0 1) 335-352-305-0 1)

1)

Upgrade (retrofit) by using an outer race of the new configuration material

2. General
The CFM 56 #4R mainshaft bearing is highly stressed during operation. To increase the reliability of this bearing, major design changes have been made. The original design included an outer ring made from M50 material. The initial improvement was to add a stress profile requirement for the raceway of the M50 outer ring. To further improve the reliability, the outer ring material was modified with nitrogen hardening and a specific stress profile (see figure 1) for the raceway.

AR 593646; Los 0390874-42 32 CrMoV 13 (TW 2228.1)

100 0

Max Customer Requirement Max.

-100 -200 Res sidual Stress, MPa a -300 -400 -500 -600 -700 -800
474-284-1-01A/01A min 474-284-1-01A/01A max AR 593646; Los 0390874-42 Segm. 1 AR 593646; Los 0390874-42 Segm. 2 AR 593646; Los 0390874-42 Segm. 3 AR 593646; Los 0390874-42 Segm. 4

Residual Stress Curve

Min. Customer Requirement

-900 -1.000 0,00 0,01 0,02 0,03 0,04 0,05 0,06 0,07 0,08 0,09 0,10 Distance from Surface, mm

No. 4 Outer ring (deep-nitrated)

ES 04-0126

Figure 1: Residual stress profile for the raceway

3. Bearing Repair Procedure

Any re-work of the outer ring raceway (honing, polishing) will change the stress profile and could lead to an out of limits condition, with the possible consequence of a reduced bearing reliability. To ensure high reliability, FAG always replace the outer ring by a new outer ring manufactured to the original OEM approved process. Our customers get more than a repaired bearing, they have a repaired bearing which meets the latest configuration.

Figure 2: The following pictures illustrate the condition of the CFM56 #4R bearing assembly before and after repair

Outer ring: Replaced with newly manufactured ring during repair

Inner ring: Re-manufactured and re-inspected per SNECMA instructions

Rollers: Replaced with newly manufactured components during repair

Cage: Replaced with newly manufactured components during repair

4. Conclusion
Why take the risk of having such a highly stressed bearing repaired by a non OEM approved repair source, with a non OEM approved repair procedure, when you can get the bearing repaired to the latest bearing configuration, which meets all the OEM requirements.

FAG Aerospace always replace the outer ring with a newly manufactured part.

FAG Aerospace GmbH & Co. KG Bearing Reconditioning Georg-Schfer-Str. 30 97421 Schweinfurt GERMANY Tel: +49 9721 91 4108
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