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Had to pick between a new hoist rope or a full traction sheave rebuild on a 15-year-old unit
The call was for a rough ride in a six-story office building downtown. Diagnostics showed both the ropes and the sheave grooves were worn, but the budget only covered one fix. I went with the sheave rebuild, thinking the rope wear was secondary. That was a mistake, because the ride got worse within a month and we had to go back for the ropes anyway. Anyone else faced a call where you had to guess which worn part was the real culprit?
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karenhenderson8d ago
Honestly, that budget trap of picking one worn part over another is the worst part of the job.
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ben4028d agoTop Commenter
Remember that time we had to choose between fixing the brakes or the transmission?
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