. The Street railway journal . RIGHT-HAND, LEFT-HAND AND DOUBLE-END GEARWRENCHES of getting at gear bolts is greater than usual on this systembecause of the limited space occasioned by the narrow track,the gage being only 4 ft. 4 ins. BABBITTING DEVICES Bearings are babbitted in special devices made in theshops. The device for babbitting split bearings consists ofa half mandrel bolted to a cast-iron angle. The half shellis held in the proper position and the metal is preventedrunning out by a heavy cast-iron cover which is clampedto the upright. Dowel pins in the upright assure the coverbeing
. The Street railway journal . RIGHT-HAND, LEFT-HAND AND DOUBLE-END GEARWRENCHES of getting at gear bolts is greater than usual on this systembecause of the limited space occasioned by the narrow track,the gage being only 4 ft. 4 ins. BABBITTING DEVICES Bearings are babbitted in special devices made in theshops. The device for babbitting split bearings consists ofa half mandrel bolted to a cast-iron angle. The half shellis held in the proper position and the metal is preventedrunning out by a heavy cast-iron cover which is clampedto the upright. Dowel pins in the upright assure the coverbeing placed in the proper position. The babbitting device for commutator end bearings con- sists of a mandrel standing upright in a circular base andaround which is clamped two half sections of a heavy cover,containing the brass shell to be babbitted. Bearings of thesame general design and diameter, but which differ inlength, are babbitted in one device. A reproduction shows. DEVICE FOR BABBITTING COMMUTATOR END BEARINGS the ring which is placed on the base plate and around themandrel when the shorter bearings are to be babbitted. The location of the shop at quite a distance from manu-facturing concerns and supply houses is partly responsiblefor the fact that bearing shells are cast in local foundriesand finished in the shop. From seven to eight pairs of split
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