Patent ID: 8246096

Claim:
A railroad car wheelset assembly comprising: a first stub axle having a hole disposed therethrough; a second stub axle having a hole disposed therethrough; a multi-piece sleeve that rotatably engages the first and second stub axles that rotate within the multi-piece sleeve; said multi-piece sleeve having a first hole disposed therethrough that aligns with the hole of the first stub axle and a second hole disposed therethrough that aligns with the hole of the second stub axle; and a first removable pin disposed through the hole of the first stub axle and the first hole of the multi-piece sleeve and a second removable pin disposed through the hole of the second stub axle and the second hole of the multi-piece sleeve such that either of the first and second stub axles are locked to selectively prevent independent rotation of the first stub axle and the second stub axle within the multi-piece sleeve; and wherein both of the first and second stub axles are locked within the multi-piece sleeve such that wheels carried by the first and second stub axles rotate uni-directionally with the same degree of rotation when both the first and second removable pins are installed within the multi-piece sleeve.