good explanation, thanx..

Thanks for the vid, especially when I'm going to have to quarter my H5 later

@trainman440

Жыл бұрын

glad to have helped!

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I had to requarter some wheel sets on a few of my John English A5's and a couple of Bowser kits because of cracked axle gears that I replaced with spare Athearn axle gears . I found scribing a line in the middle of the axle 90 degrees from the crank pin helped keep things lined up. I used a home made bearing separator plate sliced into a flat file to fit around the axle ,and a punch slightly smaller than the size of the axle to remove the wheels and my small bench vise turned on it's end ans a press to reinstall

@trainman440

6 ай бұрын

sounds like another great way to do it! thanks for sharing

Also I have a friend who started importing replacement wheels for brass steam locomotives. It's saved me so much time and effort, but I still will try to do the repair myself if I don't have to replace it.

@trainman440

Жыл бұрын

nice lol wish I had a friend like that

I have perfect eye coordination . Set one pair of wheels to 45 degrees then just use the coupling rods to set the other wheels. Result no binding.

@trainman440

8 ай бұрын

thats impressive! wish i had your abilities haha. this video is for the rest of us who dont have that kinda ability.

I don't even use my NWSL Quartering tool as it's just easier with scoring...LOL!

Could you possibly show how to put the side arms and linkage on the wheels. I have a loco that seems to lock up coastally.

@trainman440

6 ай бұрын

Hello, that would depend a lot on the exact model you have. Every manufacturer and every model would have a different rod assembly. I wouldnt be able to make a general video which would cover such a topic. Locking up would have to be troubleshot by yourself. I would suggest removing one rod or wheel at a time, and testing to see if the binding goes away. then youll know what wheel or rod was causing the binding in the first place. Good luck!

Hi there , You mentioned a quartering tool. Do you (or anyone) know if there is a brand name for that quartering tool. As you shown there on your video about quartering and pressing the wheel back on you used the little puller pusher. I have done the same with a small table vice or a small 3" g-clamp and you only have to watch for the extra unflat bits like the counter weignts on the wheel but all you need to add is a small piece of flat steel to cover the axle and wind it up until it is in its right inner wheel dimensions. Awesome video & thankyou. Cheers from John in Australia.

@trainman440

10 ай бұрын

Hey! The pulling/pressing tool is called "The Puller" by NWSL (Northwest Shortline). The quartering tool I mentioned is called "The Quarterer" by NWSL. Glad to hear my video helped!

@WoodenRailwayFan1234Production

4 ай бұрын

@@trainman440 sorry

You have to quarter every wheel set like on a 484 correct

@trainman440

11 ай бұрын

Hey! yes all wheels need to be in quarter (aka all exactly 90 degrees offset). However you only have to manually requarter the wheels if a particular wheelset is OUT of quarter. Therefore, unless all your wheels are out of quarter, you wont have to manually pull out all wheels.

@AEStudt

11 ай бұрын

@trainman440 thank you I'm changing the drive axles on my engine

@trainman440

11 ай бұрын

@@AEStudt good luck!

you talk too much, just get to the point

@trainman440

9 ай бұрын

dude, its a 9 minute video...you dont even have 9 minutes to spend when youre trying to work on a model? This isnt tiktok. Its meant to be an informative video. Also, you can always fast forward in the video, that's what the red bar at the bottom is for.