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Subject:	Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:05:32 GMT
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Taking the low road... I was thinking how to shave off some plastic from the wheel flange. And it's not that big of a deal the roundness of the flange isn't as critical as the the roundness of the wheel tread. But then it hit me, using a small jewelers file remove some materal from the wheel block where the wheels are hitting. see photo at: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/SEBarile/Misc/wheelsset-mod.jpg BTW I used the "step one" image from Klaas, I hope that's alright. SteveB In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree writes: > In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard writes: > > > PS, IMPORTANT... > > Yoy CAN finish the modification after inserting (snapping) the first > > bush-cutoff. > > The wheels run fine than, but when you run your train at high speed the > > wagons tilt a bit too much. > > While this might not work so well if done on ALL wheels, doing it on only one > wheelset/wagon or one/bogie it might actually improve running qualities. You'd > get the compensated suspention model railroaders always try to build into their > rolling stock. Will need to test this, most of my rolling stock is still in my > car since I've been doing hardly anything but sleeping since LEGOWorld ;) > -- > Jan-Albert van Ree

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		Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
Oh yeah the "before" - "after" cross section graphic was exaggerated. I imagine that removing only a small amount of the inside corner will do the trick. SteveB (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
(...) what you have done here seems to be exactely what the German guy did (the links I gave at the first message of this thread). Only his description where to cut has been so fuzzy, that even I as a German did not fully understand him.... But your (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
(...) But what to do if you don't have a dremel or file? Anyone experience with sending the wheels back to LEGO Consumer Service for replacement? Don't forget that there are a lot of kids having train sets (especially with the Sinterklaas [December (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
(...) While this might not work so well if done on ALL wheels, doing it on only one wheelset/wagon or one/bogie it might actually improve running qualities. You'd get the compensated suspention model railroaders always try to build into their (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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