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Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:43:29 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Peter Naulls writes:
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> Mark Riley wrote:
> > 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.
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> I also have a battery train running on 9v track - as you can imagine,
> this is ridiculously slippery, as I lack rubber tyres for the wheels.
> I've been experimenting with sellotape strips on the wheels, and this
> seems to improve matters.
Someone mentioned a while back that they found a good thin-walled rubber hose
about the right diameter, and cut rings off that to provide grip for the old
4.5v wheels. I can't lay my hands on the post right now....
ROSCO
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)
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