---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 230.100"
title: "49"
number: "230.100"
heading: "Defects in tender truck axles and journals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/230.100"
---

# §230.100. Defects in tender truck axles and journals.

- (a) **Tender truck axle condemning defects.** Tender truck axles with any of the following defects shall be removed from service immediately and repaired:
  - (1) Axles that are bent;
  - (2) Collars that are broken, cracked, or worn to 1/4 inch or less in thickness;
  - (3) Truck axles that are unsafe on account of usage, accident, or derailment;
  - (4) A fillet in the back shoulder that is worn out; or
  - (5) **A gouge between the wheel seats that is more than 1/8 of an inch in depth.**
- (b) **Tender truck journal condemning defects.** Tender truck journals with any of the following defects shall be removed from service immediately and repaired :
  - (1) Cut journals that cannot be made to run cool without turning;
  - (2) Seams in axles causing journals to run hot;
  - (3) Overheating, as evidenced by pronounced blue black discoloration;
  - (4) Transverse seams in journals of iron or steel axles; or
  - (5) **Journal surfaces having any of the following—**
    - (i) A circumferential score;
    - (ii) Corrugation;
    - (iii) Pitting;
    - (iv) Rust;
    - (v) **Etching.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20702; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 62865, Nov. 17, 1999, unless otherwise noted.