Don't force it--get a bigger hammer

Hi Robert and Greg,

I just had a chance to dig back in the post on my evil(tm) 1961 Kenmore, and saw your drawing of the T-bearing/bushing.

I'll have to look this week, because I can't be quoted on this sort of thing, but I believe I actually managed to put the brass T on TOP of the bushing.

This seems especially correct in my memory, because it was so d**ned hard to get the whole assembly back into the spin tube, and then, the yoke on the spin tube assembly seemed off-kilter.

(You'd think I would have recognized the warning signs.)

So, I will go to it this week and see what's going on. Ross and Roger make for really good moral support (and invaluable help--woe is the person who dinks with a Kenmore by his lonesome, unless he works out at the gym a LOT).

The '61 was my first attempt at a restoration, and it taught me a lot in every area. Perhaps the most dramatic was the need for a good pen and notebook--those parts that fit together so obviously that I was SURE I'd remember later are exactly the parts that need to be noted and illustrated for posterity.

I illustrated the parts for my own information on some of the really scary bits, but even simple parts can fall prey to transpositions and oopsies.

I carry a Palm Pilot for work, and I should have realized that there's a reason for that :-)

So, anyhow, thank you again for all your help, and yes, Greg, that illustration was excellent.

I'll let you know how it goes. I also found my stockpile of restoration pics, so I'll try to put together a cohesive page of how the whole project went start-to-finish.

Thanks again :-)

--Nate


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Post# 81528 9/4/2005 at 11:43 (6,808 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)
Checkrate/Likes Hi Robert and Greg, I just had a chance to dig back in the post on my evil(tm) 1961 Kenmore, and saw your drawing of the T-bearing/bushing. I'll have to look this week, because I can't be quoted on this sort of thing, but I believe I actually managed to put the brass T on TOP of the bushing. This seems especially correct in my memory, because it was so d**ned hard to get the whole assembly back into the spin tube, and then, the yoke on the spin tube assembly seemed off-kilter. (You'd think I would have recognized the warning signs.) So, I will go to it this week and see what's going on. Ross and Roger make for really good moral support (and invaluable help--woe is the person who dinks with a Kenmore by his lonesome, unless he works out at the gym a LOT). The '61 was my first attempt at a restoration, and it taught me a lot in every area. Perhaps the most dramatic was the need for a good pen and notebook--those parts that fit together so obviously that I was SURE I'd remember later are exactly the parts that need to be noted and illustrated for posterity. I illustrated the parts for my own information on some of the really scary bits, but even simple parts can fall prey to transpositions and oopsies. I carry a Palm Pilot for work, and I should have realized that there's a reason for that :-) So, anyhow, thank you again for all your help, and yes, Greg, that illustration was excellent. I'll let you know how it goes. I also found my stockpile of restoration pics, so I'll try to put together a cohesive page of how the whole project went start-to-finish. Thanks again :-) --Nate