Patent ID: 8601689

Claim:
A method of repairing a turbomachine rotor wheel including a first outer circumferential edge extending to a second outer circumferential edge through a circumferential surface, a dovetail interface extending across the outer circumferential surface between the first and second outer circumferential edges, a bucket mounted to the dovetail interface, the method comprising: identifying a defect at one of the first and second outer circumferential edges of the rotor wheel adjacent the bucket; securing the bucket in the dovetail interface by mounting a first rotor wheel ring about the first outer circumferential edge, mounting a second rotor wheel ring about the second outer circumferential edge, and linking the first rotor wheel ring to the second rotor wheel ring to substantially constrain axial movement; and removing a portion of the one of the first and second outer circumferential edges to remove the defect.