There's not a lot of strength left in this chassis !
The rear bearings were replaced easily enough. Those that were there whipped out with a hot iron. They weren't in the greatest condition, over reamed and filed very thin on the face due to efforts to make the loco run, so while I'm doing the job new ones seemed like a good idea.
To cut the slots for the hornblocks the top lines were scored heavily with a skrawker and the verticals cut with the piercing saw (only 1 broken blade !). Then the metal could be bent back and forth to free it. A quick clean up with the file and I'm ready to put some metal back in.
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