Patent ID: 8869954

Claim:
In combination with a railcar brake head having an end guide of a railcar brake rigging which is received within a channel or pocket of a railcar truck side frame and is positioned in said channel or pocket for sliding reciprocal movement within said channel or pocket, means for lubricating a surface of said end guide, said means comprising: (a) at least one elongated groove provided in said surface of said end guide in open communication therewith, said elongated groove having a length thereof disposed generally transverse to a direction of said sliding reciprocal movement of said end guide; (b) a lubricating member secured within said at least one elongated groove, said lubricating member having a thickness portion thereof protruding a predetermined height at initial installation above said surface of said end guide; (c) whereby said predetermined height is configured to be reduced during said reciprocal movement of said end guide within said channel or pocket; and (d) whereby said thickness portion is configured to be removed from said lubricating member during said reciprocal movement and is configured to substantially resurface said surface of said end guide.