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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> > A front end pulled Lego train _can_ be that long (126 cars):
> > http://www.fgltc.org/fgltc_record.html
>
> Did you do anything to test those wheelsets to see if they were smooth
> rolling before using them in the record attempt?
At least 95% of these waggons have been new (or like new). All we did, was
giving them a short look on the bottom side: if a wheel block is not attached
perfectly, then the wagon will run on only 3 wheels and cause higher friction.
All waggons have been put (of course without any lubrication!) on the track,
then they got a small push to see if they ran smooth. If they did not, we gave
a short view if a hair or some other problem has been obviously the cause for
that. I think we have not sorted any car out at the train show, but I left
some wheel sets at home, because they were older and too worn out.
I never had any trouble with wheel sets till I found a few bad ones in the
MOT-waggons. (And a friend of mine was not perfectly satisfied with the
wheelsets of 3225). In 40 boxes of 2126 I had nearly no malfunction of a
wheelset (maybe 4 wheelsets among 40x12 = 480 ones). My Santa Fe with waggons
is used as display set only, but IF I push it, it makes more noise than any
other train I own - I can not give prove if that is by heavyweight or bad
wheelsets.
Regards,
Ben
P.s.: among the 1000steine train fans some have already called S@H for
replacements and got informed, Lego knew about that quality issue.
P.p.s.: One tip at 1000steine told, one can partly improve the running
behaviour by moving the wheels on the metal axle (in case it is only
imperfectly mounted).
But in some cases even that is causeless, because the metal axle is bent or
wrongsized (or the housing of the wheelblock deformed).
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