 | | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | (...) 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)
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| | | | | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE —Steve Barile
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE —Steve Barile
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| | | | | 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 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE —Pete Schildknecht
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| | | | | | Hi There, This is exactly what I have done to all the wheel sets on my Santa Fe train (2 engines, 5 cars), and it works great now. I have also had a problem with the underside of the 10022 cars catching on the track when they crest a hill in a turn. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE —Ludo Soete
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| | | | (...) 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 (...) (22 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 —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | (...) Only heard about a few Germans who did it in October, when this thread popped up. They all got wheels with at least 75% bad ones among them. As long as TLC (or the involved third party producer) has not done a design change back to the old (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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