Broke my caster aluminum

cllib · Post by **cllib** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:51 pm

I was not patient enough to follow JPG's advice to dry fit my caster.
I ended up broke one of the aluminum when drove a pin.

I steel rod and aluminum were not aligned.

Lesson learned.

I used JB Weld to temporarily hold it. If it breaks I will buy another one.

kschwarz20 · Post by **kschwarz20** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:04 pm

I broke one of these pedals on my last 10ER restore. Fortunately, the current ones use the same pedal. It was under $12, delivered, and the guy I talked to said they had plenty in stock.

cllib · Post by **cllib** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:53 pm

Thanks for the information. Do you mean that guy is on ebay?

kschwarz20 · Post by **kschwarz20** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:57 pm

No, not eBay. I called Shopsmith Inc. at 800.543.7586 and they were able to find and get me the part. It is called the retractable caster pedal.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:59 pm

I be guessing the tie rod/end casting are the relevant parts, not the pedal.