SERVICE BULLETIN

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Switzerland. The Type of Change and Recommended Compliance specified reflects Turbomach’s best
judgment regarding the Service Bulletin. All questions should be directed to your Turbomach Field Service
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TBM#: SB 14-030
ISSUED: March 2015
PRODUCT: Taurus 70
MODEL(S): All
Specifics: -
DISTRIBUTION: TBM Worldwide
CONFIGURATION OF TAUR US ™ 70 ENGINES RETURNED
SUBJECT: TO SOLAR ® OVERHAUL FACILITIES
Type of Change: Product Information
Recommended
Compliance: Information
Type of
Modification: Information

Purpose:

To provide a list of external parts that should accompany Taurus 70 engines returned to Solar’s
overhaul facilities.

NOTE
Information contained in this service bulletin only pertains to
Taurus 70 engines. Refer to your maintenance manual and/or
appropriate service bulletin for other engines.

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 Table 1 - Listing of Service Bulletins Existing as of this Writing for other
Engines (or consult your maintenance manual)

Engine TBM Service Bulletin

Saturn® 10, Saturn 20 SB 14-026
Centaur 40 SB 14-027
Centaur 50, Taurus™ 60 SB 14-028
Mercury™ 50 SB 14-029
Mars 90, Mars 100 SB 14-034
Taurus 65 SB 14-031
Titan 130 SB 14-032
Titan 250 SB 14-033

GENERAL INFORMATION:
When an engine is returned to a Solar’s overhaul facility, some external engine components must
be evaluated and then reconditioned or replaced, as appropriate. Failure to return these parts with
the engine to the overhaul center may result in delays and an increase in cost to the end user.
Information regarding what to return can be found in your maintenance manual and here in the
Action Required section.

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 ACTION REQUIRED:
Engines returned to an overhaul facility should include/exclude external components as described
in the following subsections.

External Engine Parts To Be Returned

• Compressor-to-accessory gear box drive-hub (bolted to the end of the compressor shaft)
• Air inlet screens
• Variable guide vane system cover
• Variable guide vane actuator assembly (connected by linkage to guide vane levers)
• Number 2/3 bearing inlet tube
• Number 2/3 bearing oil drain adapters
• Fuel injectors, installed intact with all manifolds and pigtails
• T5 thermocouple harness assemblies
• Torch assembly (mounted to the underside of the combustor section)
• Bleed valve including the actuator and adapter
• All magnetic speed pickups and RTDs that are part of the engine
• Bleed air tubes and PCD lines
• All external engine brackets (excluding the engine mounts)
• Insulation blankets (engine blankets)
• Forward trunnion mount – two-shaft only

NOTE
If the clutch is also being replaced, all clutch components
mounted on the gear box and on the starter must be returned.

Additional External Parts to be Returned When the Power Turbine (PT) is Included
with the Gas Producer (GP) Turbine
• Power turbine lateral guide (plate that bolts to the underside of the power turbine to
interface with the engine support)
• All PT-related magnetic speed pickups and RTDs

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 Parts Not To Be Returned
• The following external parts must NOT be returned with the engine:
• Gear boxes, accessory or reduction (unless the overhaul/repair order specifically includes
the AGB or RGB as part of the scope of supply)
• AGB Oil Drain Adapter
• Aft engine mounts (supporting the aft end of the engine)
• External junction boxes
• Special fittings
• Aside from drain fittings, any tubing, lines, or fittings that do not both begin and terminate
on the engine should not be returned. To state it another way, for any line that runs from
the package to the engine (or vice versa) and having a fitting attached to the engine, the
line and fitting should not be returned with engine.
• Starter (including the motor, the adapter, and all clutch components (except when the
clutch is being replaced, in which case, all clutch components mounted on the gear box
and on the starter must be returned)).
• Oil pump
• Air inlet duct (inlet muff)
• Exhaust collector
• Interconnect drive shaft (shaft coupling)
• Bleed duct (flexible section)
• Split flange clamp segments and fasteners used on all oil and gas manifold connections
• Power turbine interconnect drive hub (Use FT67129 to remove Kop-Flex hub)
• Power turbine interconnect cover adapter
• Turning gear (for units equipped with one)

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 Engine Configuration
Configurations for engines to be returned to an overhaul facility are described as follows:

Figure 1 - General One-Shaft Engine Com ponent Identification (Item s in red are
am ong those not be returned. See appropriate subsections above for com plete
listings of w hat to return and w hat not to return.)

TAURUS 70 MODELS T9701, T10301 & T10801

A typical T10301S engine is shown in Figure 1 for reference and specific items to be returned with
the engine are identified. The variable vane cover frame must be removed to install the forward
portion of the engine lift tool, but should be returned with the engine. The bleed valve solenoid
can be disassembled from the actuator by removing the three Allen head cap screws on the face
of the solenoid.

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 Figure 2 - General Tw o-Shaft Engine Com ponent Identification (Item s in red are
am ong those not be returned. See appropriate subsections above for com plete
listings of w hat to return and w hat not to return.)

TAURUS 70 MODELS T9702, T10302 & T10802:

A typical T10302S engine is shown in Figure 2 for reference and specific items to be returned with
the engine are identified. The variable vane cover frame must be removed to install the forward
portion of the engine lift tool, but should be returned with the engine. The bleed valve solenoid
(Figure 1 Item 10) can be disassembled from the actuator by removing the three Allen head cap
screws on the face of the solenoid.

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