Wheel Nemesis

I'll dedicate November to the fight I had with the pictured nemesis. I was entrapped by our maintenance person to replace the strapping, which I did on the other set, when it came to this one the steel bolts had fused with the aluminum. I decided to replace the aluminum part with a threaded rod, seemed like a good plan, however, after two weeks the threaded rods started to bend.

I went medieval on the original aluminum, breaking studs, heating them, soaking in oil and penetrant, skinning thumbs and generally banging myself up, finally returning the wheel set to a useable state. A valuable lesson regarding the perils of volunteering.