Machine Shop

Here's some before & after pics of a cast iron diesel exhaust manifold that came in for surfacing. The flanges were not sitting at the same plane to each other which was causing excessive exhaust leaks between the exhaust manifold & the cylinder head. Surfacing the exhaust flanges flat from one end to the other [...]

Here’s some pics of a spindle housing we have setup with our automatic bore welder. When we repair & recondition a grader axle each part gets completely repaired & reconditioned back to OE specs. Most of the time the bores where a pin goes are worn & out-of-round. We first machine the bores true & [...]

Here’s some pics of a 5.9 Cummins diesel engine block out of a Dodge Ram truck. The engine block is mounted in our Sunnen CK10 cylinder honing machine. On top of the block is a two inch thick torque plate that is torqued to the deck of the block with a set of ARP cylinder [...]

Here’s some pics of some suspension parts we thermal cleaned & blasted to prep them for new powdercoating. The springs, a-arms, swing arms, beadlock rings & other miscellaneous parts were previously powdercoated in blue. We stripped all the blue powdercoating off & blasted the parts down to raw metal. The parts are now prepped & [...]

Here’s some pics of a Caterpillar 793C steering bellcrank in one of our boring machines getting the two tapered bores & the split bore machined for repair. After we get the bores trued up & squared away we will install the hardened sleeves we've made. This will bring all three bores back to spec for [...]

Here’s some pics of a 60-Series Detroit, or DDC, diesel engine block mounted on our Rottler EM105H CNC boring & milling machine we had in for machine work reconditioning. The housing bore, where the main bearings & crankshaft go, required line boring to get each main perfectly round & straight across the board. Up top [...]

Here’s some before & after pics of a Cummins diesel ISX cylinder head we had in for a valve job & surface rebuild. The Cummins ISX head is a DOHC (dual overhead cam) inline six cylinder that weighs just under five hundred pounds. It has four valves per cylinder for a total of twenty four. [...]

Here’s some pics of some split bore flanged sleeves we machined. These sleeves are used to repair the split bore of the steering bellcranks, or y-links for a Caterpillar 793C haul truck. We utilize a new 8X1834 pin to check the split bore sleeve for size & fit in the ID of the bore after [...]

Here’s some pics of a couple of custom or special machining jobs we have going on in the general machining area. The larger piece in the lathe started out from a piece of six and a half inch diameter 4140 carbon steel. The end part will be a flanged sleeve with a slot machined out [...]

As much as we don't want to stop workflow it is important to take the time to clean & check our machinery on a regular basis. Keeping the machines clean & taking the time to remove the covers to check the ways, gib screws & oiling system ensures we get the best longevity from our [...]