Working on an old wagon that was set aside some 20 years ago due to hard steering and am working on it.
We bought it back in the 70's from a place in Milltown Wi. called Mulligans Imp. if I remember correctly. had a nice label on it saying TEN TON... and a sticky little metalic plate too with name, date, serial and model number, what is left of it is in upper left corner of pic under the finger. Don't remember who made it.
The tie-rods were cam eccentric and were pinched in between the holder on the tie-rods and turned in the arm.
wagon spindles usually come up through a tube... these were between the main frame "I" beam and a lower bracket with a bolt going up through the verticle and threaded into a block welded in the web of the frame. Front bolster is upside down in picture.
This is the left side, bolt heads were welded into place once they were set, I cut those welds loose and discovered this bolt was snapped off between the vertical and the lower holder, sometime ago. To get the verticle stem out, had to cut the lower bracket from the frame, and the spindle assembly screwed off...
There was a thrust ball bearing between the assembly and the frame being the reason this wagon turned so easy with a heavy load on it, but did not stop the bolt from rusting inside the vertical. You can see the thrust washer on the frame by the hub, and can see the snapped off bolt stuck in the verticle part of the spindle assembly. Had it in a 20 ton press and it did not move.
So need to make different plans for removing both of the bolts before re-assembly and welding can begin.
Question is, Does anyone remember who made these wagons? On the metal tag it says, 'OAD MA', that is not enough to jog my memory for the name or where they were built.
Next question, think fifty ton press will press out the bolts... without heating? LOL Thanks for looking.
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