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Train Wheel Friction?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:38:48 GMT
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There was a thread several months ago dealing with the issue of the
new train wheels rubbing on the blocks. The thread mostly mentioned
the problem in relation to the gray wheelsets that come with the Santa Fe
loco and cars. However, I've also noticed the friction problem with the
black wheelsets that come with the My Own Train sets.
I've been using a hobby knife to remove a small bit of plastic where the
wheels rub the block as mentioned in this thread:
http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=18127
This mod is easy to perform and allows the wheels to run very smooth
and noiselessly.
I guess my questions are:
How have people been dealing with this problem? Performing the
modification? Doing nothing and not worring? Not noticing a problem?
Also, has there been any further response from Lego concerning this
issue?
Thanks,
Mark
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) My modest LEGO train collection consists of one MOT kit, one Santa Fe Kit (full train, not starter), and one Metroliner kit. These are all sets with the "new" wheelsets. For the most part I think I lucked out with the MOT and Santa Fe. Both (...) (21 years ago, 21-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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| (...) Well, this is really a different issue, but it seems appropriate to mention it here. In the MOT instructions, it has the the motor as the front bogie, but in practice this causes a lot of slippage even with a small number of carriages being (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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| (...) I too have been using a sharp knife to take small slivers of plastic out from each wheel block. As a result, there has been a tremendous improvement in the performance of each train. Previously the Santa Fe engine was struggling to pull more (...) (21 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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