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Wayne Laepple

December 04, 2014 02:12PM

Registered: 16 years ago
Posts: 614

I helped put the rods back on a large standard gauge Pacific in 1987. We set a hydraulic jack against the spokes on each wheel of the wheel set and jacked them around into position. The jacks raised the springs a bit which allowed the wheels to rotate. It wasn't hard at all.

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SPNG 18 update!	Jeff Taylor	December 03, 2014 05:43PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Russ B.	December 03, 2014 09:51PM
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Re: SPNG 18 update!	guymonmd	December 04, 2014 12:06PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Chris Walker	December 04, 2014 01:06PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	rehunn	December 04, 2014 02:03PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Wayne Laepple	December 04, 2014 02:12PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Tower Operator	December 04, 2014 02:23PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	rehunn	December 04, 2014 03:28PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Wayne Laepple	December 04, 2014 05:33PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	rehunn	December 04, 2014 06:38PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Wayne Laepple	December 04, 2014 08:44PM
Re: SPNG 18 update!	Jeff Taylor	December 04, 2014 09:31PM

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