Posted by Joe W. on March 09, 2012 at 16:49:38 from (75.7.194.238):
In Reply to: The Money Pit... posted by blunosr on March 09, 2012 at 16:07:31:
No, you're not alone. I buy used running gears and refurbish them (I've learned not to use the word "restore" on this post) to build my parade wagons. Over the past 5 years I have bought 8 used running gears and have found that the gears haven't gotten much, if any, maintenance. I've had to replace bearings and races, grease seals, one guy sold me a gear with a broken rear spindle which he may not have known about because I only found it after I removed the wheel and could rattle the spindle by shaking it with my hand, another had stripped threads in one of the hubs, a welded hub, broken king bolt in one which wasn't apparent until I got messing around with the tongue, and the usual little things like broken standards and even a bolster that was welded instead of bolted to the frame. I have become accustomed to knowing that when someone wants to sell a running gear, it has problems. But I've got to buy them and so I know the asking price is just the beginning of the cost of refurbishing them.
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