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Originally Posted by Christ
have him weld and turn the axles,....... some metal shavings should have been... well, everywhere!
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I was wondering about the doing that to the axles.
We are working on getting the Milwaukee MakerSpace up and running in our actually rented location. When we do that, we will have the lathe, welder, etc, etc, all permanently set up in one location. Maybe once that's done, I can see about fixing the axles that way. My friend who usually does the lathe and welding work was gone by the time we got down to the axles themselves.
For the shavings:
When I drained the oil, there were bronze flakes EVERYWHERE. It was like I was panning for gold. I was glad to see that the wear was from the bushings and not from the gears!
We wiped down all the parts nice and clean before reassemby.
When we opened the transmission, several people commented that it looked like a really nice transmission. It's very beefy, cast iron case, all needle bearings inside, and an actual differential.