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Another simple project that can only be done on a lathe. I recently
repaired the sintered iron bushings in the front wheels of an old
riding lawn mower. First I removed the iron bushings and usin the
lathe, bored out the inside to exactly 1" diameter. Then turned brass
rod to 1" diameter. I cut off pieces of this rod to the length of the
bushing and pressed them into the iron bushings. Then using the lathe
again, drilled the brass in the bushings and then bored them to exactly
3/4" to fit the mower axel.

Took about 4 hours per side, 8 bushings total, done over two Saturdays
and all the wheel wobbeling is gone.

Keep the lathe, buy lots of tooling. Find lots of scrap metal and go to
work!

Paul

I did the same thing to the front wheels of my 38 year old Snapper
riding mower which also had worn out sintered iron bushings. But I got
lucky and found some flanged Oilite bearings at the local Ace Hardware
store which fit the axles and only needed slight boring of the wheel
hubs to let me press them in

I goofed on one bore and it ended up a slight bit oversized for a press
fit, but I fixed that quickly by slathering a little soft solder onto
the bearing OD with a big old Weller gun. (Pretty is as pretty does I
always sez.)

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

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