Abstract: A method of assembling a turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a bushing including at least one retaining mechanism formed integrally therewith, coupling a shim to the bushing such that at least one retainer extending from the shim is received within the bushing retaining mechanism, and coupling the bushing and shim within the turbine engine to facilitate aligning a first engine component relative to a second engine component.

Abstract: A method of assembling a turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a bushing including at least one retaining mechanism formed integrally therewith, coupling a shim to the bushing such that at least one retainer extending from the shim is received within the bushing retaining mechanism, and coupling the bushing and shim within the turbine engine to facilitate aligning a first engine component relative to a second engine component.

Abstract: A heat shield and support strut for a turbine engine afterburner. The heat shield can be replaced without moving or disconnecting the fuel tube. The heat shield includes a housing that may be telescoped over the fuel injection tube and is attachable to the strut without moving the housing transverse to a longitudinal axis of the fuel injection tube. The support strut includes a body having an outer end for attachment to an outer wall of the afterburner section, an inner end, and a passage extending through the body from its outer end to its inner end for receiving the fuel injection tube. The inner end has a cavity for receiving the head of the heat shield. The cavity is shaped for a close fit on the head in the cavity. The body has a flat mounting surface in the cavity for engagement by the flat mounting surface of the head.

Abstract: A heat shield for protecting a fuel injection tube of a turbine engine afterburner. The heat shield includes a base adapted for attachment to a duct member, the base having a first mounting surface, a first fastener hole, and a recess in the base. A housing encloses the fuel injection tube. The housing has an internal channel for receiving the fuel injection tube, a second mounting surface, a second fastener hole, and a tab protruding from the housing. The tab is sized and shaped for being received in the recess of the base. The housing may be secured to the base at a mounting position wherein the tab is received in the recess, the mounting surfaces are engaged, and the second fastener hole is positioned in registration with the first fastener hole whereby a fastener may be inserted to secure the housing to the base.