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slow learner

Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 1:30 pm
by mtblah
Removing the hub from a 10 ft Dempster , so I broke one leg off , ( now extra work )
and keep trying , so I break a second leg off the spider , one would think a person would learn a little quicker , cast iron is brittle !
Mike B
New Braunfels TX

Re: slow learner

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:21 pm
by TdcJD
Hmmm. My detective skills tell me you aren't the one who broke the first one off...

Re: slow learner

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:56 pm
by PaulV
Not a lot of material to work with on that hub. Are you going to repair, or try to source a replacement?

Re: slow learner

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:10 pm
by mtblah
I will have to source a complete replacement hub , still not off the fan shaft so cut the shaft in 2 places , bearing & race still frozen inside the snout , but turns free , I understand Dempsteritis and why real windmillers dislike working on them . :x

Re: slow learner

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 7:48 am
by mtblah
:x Released my frustration on the hub , now it really needs to be replaced , sawzall the fan shaft but still stuck .

Re: slow learner

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:47 am
by Wayne
Poor Hub what had it ever done to you to treat it so badly?

Re: slow learner

Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:37 pm
by windybob
Dang Mike you really showed that hub who the boss is!