The next task is repairing the broken stirrups. For this I am going to use one of my favorite repair parts; the brass washer. The first thing I do is nip off a part of two washers giving a nice flat edge. This is done with a mini pliers end cutter. You can see the washers are clipped and ready to epoxy into place.
I've applied two part epoxy to the inside edge of the stirrups and carefully placed the washers with the flat cut part resting on the base
As soon as the glue begins to set, I slide an axle through to make sure my alignment is correct. At this point, the glue is not quite fully set and it would be easy to pull off a washer for realignment. I got it right the first time, so I removed the axle and set it aside for the glue to finish setting.
After about 30 minutes, I'm ready to fit the base. Here it is from a different angle and as you can see, there is plenty of room to apply glue around the edges of the washer making it nice and secure to the stirrups.
Now it can be dry fitted to the base and everything double checked one more time before painting. I'll use a wire brush on the Dremel to clean the paint off the base prior to painting. I should have done this before gluing in the washers but just forgot.
One more check of the axle alignment and I see everything is dead on.
That's a wrap, now it's just paint and assemble!
