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Subject:	a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:11:56 GMT
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Hi all, Everything is said about this bad wheel molds, I hope (and EXPECT) Lego will make new molds in short time!! More interesting: HOW DO WE GET OUR WHEELS TO WORK PROPERLY??? .... without to much work. :-) Please check out the pics I uploaded, AND TRY THE TRICK YOURSELF. I've tested the tricked wheels with a look-a-like complete Santa Fe (A+B+5 cars+A). One motor is enough to run the whole train + more. So, my wheels run fine now. Durability?? I don't know yet. EVERYBODY: Please do a lot of heavy duty testing!! AND POST YOUR RESULTS! Earlier today I send Ben Beneke my solution, I hope he also can make some time to do testing. I still have to sort out a few thousand of Pirates-pieces, no more train-playing for me these days! :-) "Five pictures say more then thousand words" http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Greenman/Trains/Improve-trainwheels/improve_trainwheel_01.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Greenman/Trains/Improve-trainwheels/improve_trainwheel_02.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Greenman/Trains/Improve-trainwheels/improve_trainwheel_03.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Greenman/Trains/Improve-trainwheels/improve_trainwheel_04.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Greenman/Trains/Improve-trainwheels/improve_trainwheel_05.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27400 HAPPY CUTTING TO YOU ALL ! Klaas Lugnet 291 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. Especially when points are run at high speed the wagons shake considerable. Looks funny though.... With the extra 2 bush-cuttoffs inserted everything runs like in the old days (= good black wheels...) > > P.s.: Klaas Meijaard wrote me yesterday and told he had a clear evidence why > > it is the frame, which is wrong shaped. He will post pictures as soon as > > possible, but he ist still busy with cleaning up his house after the Legoworld > > in Zwolle.... > > So I am highly interested in the results of his investigations. > > > As are we all, please keep us apprised! >

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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 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

		Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
(...) ... I tried. For step 2, I used one #3673 Technic Pin and two cut-up part #3749 (Technic, Axle Pin). The middle rib isn't quite as wide, and it made it easier not to push it in too far (and I have more of them.) I found that after step 3, it (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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		Re: Super Chief will be ready for prime-time: a trick to make it work.
(...) What is kind of weird is that I don't think (and I could well be wrong) that the needles at the axle tips are actually doing anything, bearing wise. I've looked at both black and grey wheelsets and it looks to me like all the bearing action is (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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