Tuesday, 1 October 2019

08915 axlebox work

Whilst going round draining 08915s axleboxes of water it was discovered that on the RHS Centre box the drain plug was rubbing against the hornstay, so to get the plug back in the hornstay had to be removed...

Showing where the hornstay fits

The 'before' shot, showing when the plug had rubbed on the hornstay when being removed

The 'after' shot once Michael had made a slight modification

Whilst the hornstay was off we took the opportunity to remove the retaining pins for the underkeep to allow removal of the underkeep box and pad for inspection and cleaning. The current plan is to remove the other five for inspection and clean before the start of the Santa Special period with a plan to replace the pads in the near future

Exposed journal, showing where the underkeep fits

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