Ok, I think I saw some were that someone had come up with a fix for the LGB two axle cars. I have a number of these and they all do the same thing. they will not aline streight on there own after a trun. Not a big deal if your running it under your Christmas tree. I keep getting derailments from these cars and now that I have a tunnel I do not wish for that to be going on all that much. Does anyone know were I can find a fix or have one that they would be willing to shair?
thanks
Geoff
When I used to run these, even the US bobber cabooses, I had the same issue.
I held the “truck” in a straight-ahead position, drilled a hole through the frame either ahead or aft of the pivot, and ran a sheet-metal screw through the truck frame and into the chassis.
It can be simply undone by removing said screw.
I have installed metal wheels , LGB mostly , or Bachmann wheels , on ALL of my LGB and Hartland 2 axle cars , Running fwd or backing has not been a problem here , even a 19 car train . All of the trains have to back from the layout on a spur which ends in a 5 track storage yard in the garage . They HAVE too stay on the track , as it is on a 12 foot long sagging board , 6 inches wide , 3 feet above the ground , derailing and falling off is NOT an option !
I did what TOC did.
Simply align the axles straight and then drill a pilot hole in them and run in a small pan or round head sheet metal screw.
Never understood why LGB did this…Marklin two axle cars have fixed frames and operate just fine. I did find that replacing the plastic wheels with USA metal ones made a huge difference in how these cars handled. Going to have to try the screw trick.
Geoff,
a ‘popular’ fix is to install a diagonal brace (strip of styrene) going from the aft corner of one axle carrier to the diagonal opposite corner of the other carrier. Any movement of one carrier will see a corresponding opposite movement of the second carrier. The strip also holds both wheelsets in alignment when moving. This mod cannot be carried out on the longer wheelbase LGB rolling stock due the centre moulding fitted.
I’ve been running two-axle LGB cars since late 1967. Three months ago I ran a train of fifty-six of them behind my Garratt with no problems of any kind - even put it on Youtube.
Why have I never encountered this problem you are discussing?
tac
TAC,
Your curves prolly ain’t tight.
Backing up?
Thanks everyone. I will try the screw trick and I have some metal wheels I will also try out. I only ran into this problem when I re-did my lay out and added the tight curves. Have to get this fixed before Christmas or some of my pass cars are just going to sit this year out.
thanks again everyone.
John Bouck said:Ah, that is prolly it.
TAC, Your curves prolly ain't tight.
tac
Geoff George said:
Thanks everyone. I will try the screw trick and I have some metal wheels I will also try out. I only ran into this problem when I re-did my lay out and added the tight curves. Have to get this fixed before Christmas or some of my pass cars are just going to sit this year out.thanks again everyone.
If you do put in metal wheels, you might experience flange squeal on the tighter radius.
John Bouck said:Geoff George said:
Thanks everyone. I will try the screw trick and I have some metal wheels I will also try out. I only ran into this problem when I re-did my lay out and added the tight curves. Have to get this fixed before Christmas or some of my pass cars are just going to sit this year out.thanks again everyone.
You would think that the weight of the car on the talgo would pull the axle straight, escept for the last axle in the train, but it doesn’t work that way for some reason.If you do put in metal wheels, you might experience flange squeal on the tighter radius.