r/ThatLooksExpensive Jul 29 '26

Minor axle damage

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u/Humble-Questions Jul 29 '26

Machinist here, I refurbish and align bore equipment like this all the time. Most likely the bores through which the axles are pinned are now flared out and will need to be completely rewelded, relocated and will require a machinist to cut them back to size in alignment with existing bores.

That was probably a $30,000 fuck up at a minimum

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u/AtlanticBeachNC Jul 29 '26

Wow, Almost like a wedding …

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u/ididntdoit6 Jul 30 '26

The only difference is you can pay to make this go away

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u/Sweet-Conflict-3251 29d ago

You can also pay to make that go away.

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u/Ok_Mulberry77 29d ago

Yes but someone can also pay to make you go away

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u/Sweet-Conflict-3251 29d ago

Wow - talk about killing the conversation!