RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR BRAKE BEAM STRUT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

摘要

A method of manufacturing a railroad freightcar brake beam strut assembly including the steps of: providinga railroad freight car brake beam strut having an axiallyaligned slot defined between first and second sides of the strut,with each side of the strut defining a bore opening to the slotand to an exterior of the strut, with the bores defined by thestrut being aligned relative to each other along an axis extendinggenerally normal to a longitudinal axis of the strut. Themethodology of the present disclosure further includes thestep of: pressing a brake pin bushing into each bore of thestrut in a direction extending away from the longitudinal axisof the strut. A railroad freight car strut assembly is alsodisclosed.