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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Brian Cabello, Windsor, CT (US);
Brittany Ann Booth, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of removing a bearing compartment from a gas turbine engine comprising inserting a tool between an aft portion of a low pressure turbine and a forward portion of a turbine exhaust case, the tool comprising one of a single wedge-shaped ring or a plurality of wedge-shaped segments, removing a plurality of fasteners coupling a flange of a bearing compartment housing to the turbine exhaust case, the bearing compartment housing containing the bearing compartment, and removing the bearing compartment housing from an aft portion of the gas turbine engine.