. The carman's helper . Improvised Side Door Fixture. the washer as shown and the hole is used for the door rod. Steel hopper cars, with draw-head yoke rivets brokenor missing, when loaded to go forward, can be repairedin any train yard by putting in a 1^ x 14-inch bolt anddrawing same up tightly. A locking nut should thenbe applied. For more permanent repairs on a car of this kind,where two yoke rivets are broken and the yoke is foundto be all right although spread, it is not necessary toremove draw-head for repairing. A 1-inch bolt canbe used to draw the yoke tightly to the coupler; then 20
. The carman's helper . Improvised Side Door Fixture. the washer as shown and the hole is used for the door rod. Steel hopper cars, with draw-head yoke rivets brokenor missing, when loaded to go forward, can be repairedin any train yard by putting in a 1^ x 14-inch bolt anddrawing same up tightly. A locking nut should thenbe applied. For more permanent repairs on a car of this kind,where two yoke rivets are broken and the yoke is foundto be all right although spread, it is not necessary toremove draw-head for repairing. A 1-inch bolt canbe used to draw the yoke tightly to the coupler; then 20 INTRODUCTION a heated rivet may be inserted in one hole where it canbe upset by holding a dolly against the rivet head. Thedolly can be braced by means of a wedge. The boltcan then be removed and a rivet inserted in the secondhole. A job of this kind can be done in less than 30. ^0 /i/^/i&ER OUT OF Z -/O
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