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Serious question, has anyone else seen a dredge pump go from a whisper to a banshee scream in a single shift?
We were working the old channel near Mobile Bay, and the main pump on our 12-inch cutterhead was running smooth all morning. After lunch, it started making this high-pitched whine that got louder every hour. Turned out a crewmate had swapped the suction screen for one with way finer mesh from a different parts kit, basically choking the intake. Had to shut down for three hours to swap it back. What's the weirdest noise you've traced back to a simple part swap?
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jamie6021d ago
Honestly, my buddy had a similar thing happen with a gearbox. He changed the oil but grabbed the wrong viscosity from the supply locker. It sounded like a bucket of bolts was shaking itself to death within two days. Took them forever to figure it out because they were looking for a broken tooth or something major. Just that one wrong bottle made all that racket.
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