Clamp systems and methods of using the same with steam dryers

A method of repairing a steam dryer lifting rod assembly extending in a longest dimension along a vertical axis and having a lifting lug connected to a lifting rod and having a weld on an outside of and joining the lifting lug and the lifting rod, the method comprising:

• tightening a first clamp around the lifting lug so as to be fixed on the lifting lug;
• and
• tightening a second clamp around the lifting rod so as to be fixed on the lifting rod, wherein the tightenings position one of the first clamp and the second clamp into the other of the first clamp and the second clamp to block the first clamp and underlying lifting lug from unlimited rotation in either direction on the vertical axis relative to the second clamp and underlying lifting rod, wherein the first and second clamps are clamshell clamps having round inner perimeters, wherein the second clamp includes a transitional surface shaped to contain and not directly contact the weld, wherein the round inner perimeter of the first clamp matches an outer perimeter of the lifting lug, and wherein the round inner perimeter of the second clamp is smaller than the inner perimeter of the first clamp and matches an outer perimeter of the lifting rod.