Method and apparatus for engine hot section maintenance

A maintenance system for performing maintenance of an aircraft engine while the aircraft engine is still mounted to an aircraft, the aircraft engine having a case assembly including a first case secured to a second case, the system comprising:

• a support fixture assembly having a static member removably securable to the first case and a mobile member removably securable to the second case, the static member and the mobile member being slidably engaged to one another in a direction being parallel to a central axis of the aircraft engine when the static member is secured to the first case;
• a brace fixture secured to the static member;
• a shaft supporting rod removably securable to the brace fixture, the shaft supporting rod being centered relative to the case assembly when supporting the shaft, the shaft supporting rod having a shaft-engageable end removably securable to an end of a shaft of the aircraft engine;
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• an intermediate support member removably secured to the static member and extending transversally therefrom, the intermediate support member having a remote end engageable to the shaft of the aircraft engine.