NW_SpriteGuy
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After many attempts, I finally persuaded my outer fulcrum pin to leave the comfort of its home for the past 36 years. It was well entrenched and didn't want to leave peacefully. No amount of coaxing could entice it to leave and it eventially caused quite an ugly scene. It wasn't a very pretty site, and it wasn't for the faint hearted with weak stomachs because it was actually pretty mesy. However, we must stay the course, and now the rebuilding must take place. My question is this, has anyone ever rebuilt a lower A-frame unit before by removing and replacing the outer fulcrum threaded sleeves. I'm assuming these are just brazed into the A-frame and could be replaced fairly easily. I've priced up replacement lower A-frames and they seem to run about $110-$150. I was just interested in seeing if I could save a few bucks by just replacing the threaded fulcrum sleeves myself by brazing in new ones myself (brazing is a skill I already know how to do). Has anyone done this before and have any comments Pros/Cons. I'm concerned about alignment problems. Also, if someone has a good source for the complete unit at a decent price, maybe I should just stick to buying 'em.