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Re: Lubricating axels, etc.
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 3 Aug 2001 17:15:07 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > No, there has to be something wrong with your wheel blocks. Maybe they have
> > collected lots of dust, maybe they have a quality lack....
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> <try a ramp, here's how>
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> Excellent advice. If after proper weighting, you are still struggling to get
> things moving, there is a problem. Ben's test is good. Also examine
> individual wheelsets. If you flick a wheel with your thumb, it should stay
> spinning for at least 10's of seconds if not a whole minute (depending on
> how hard you flick)
OK, I tried the flick test on my wheels and none of them spun for 10
seconds. Not my old Metroliner wheels, not my new My Own Train wheels,
nothing. The place where my sets are stored is about 80 degrees right now
and fairly high humidity. Does that affect things?
Steve
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| (...) Let me apologise. I think I exaggerated. 10s of seconds is a bit much. I just carried out a test with several wheelsets that I consider to be quite free rolling (when placed on a car, that car will go many feet of straight track if level and (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lubricating axels, etc.
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| (...) <try a ramp, here's how> Excellent advice. If after proper weighting, you are still struggling to get things moving, there is a problem. Ben's test is good. Also examine individual wheelsets. If you flick a wheel with your thumb, it should (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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