That 1996 job at the Seagram Building changed how I do leveling forever

I was working on an old Otis setup at the Seagram Building in NYC, mustve been around 96. The guide rails were so far out of plumb I spent a whole day just shimming, got to the top and realized the car would never run smooth. After that I started doing a plumb line check on every single rail before I even touch a bracket, saves me so much headache. Anyone else had a job that made you completely change your approach?

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willow40714d ago

Buddy of mine had a similar moment on a low rise in Newark. He was the kind of guy who eyeballed everything, never pulled out a plumb line. This old hydraulic stack had rails that looked straight to him but after the car was hung it had a wobble that drove the owner nuts. He spent three weekends chasing it, shimming and re shimming until he finally dropped a line and found the bottom of the rail was a quarter inch off. Now he wont touch a bracket without checking the full run first and he jokes that Newark cured him of being lazy.

morgan_ramirez14d ago

Newark will humble anyone who gets too cocky with their eyeballing no doubt about it.