ok it gets stuck on rerailer and switches i use ez track
Quote from: union pacific 4014 on December 25, 2013, 07:56:06 PM
ok it gets stuck on rerailer and switches i use ez track
Define what you mean by, gets stuck?
Rich
on the under side of the engine you can see the gear for the wheels, un-screw the plate and file down the gear cover until it doesn't catch
That is a known issue I have seen here before. Also, check the coupler trip pin height with a coupler gauge, just in case.
Rich
when it goes over rerailer and switches slowly gets stuck wheels keep spining couplers are not the problem there clear
Like Rich and BR98.75 said, the hump on the wheel cover plate is just a bit too thick. I don't remove the cover--just turn loco over and file down that hump just a bit; perhaps less than 1/64". Just takes a minute. I have done it to all 5 of my USRA 0-6-0s.
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Regards
Jonathan
ok will do
i wonder if knows bachmann they bottom out on there track? ;D
Quote from: union pacific 4014 on December 27, 2013, 01:00:06 AM
i wonder if knows bachmann they bottom out on there track? ;D
It's a really old model, produced way before the Spectrum range. Probably made from 20 plus year old molds.
i took a raze knife and shaved off some of the hump it fine now
Or go to code 100 rail.....
It is my understanding that EZ track is Code 100.
Quote from: jbrock27 on January 20, 2014, 07:02:16 AM
It is my understanding that EZ track is Code 100.
Always has been.
Rich
Code of the rail is irrelevant in this case. The hump would hit the divergent rail or flat portion of a rerailer track no matter the code. It has to do with the hump hanging just a micro-skosh lower than level with the drive wheels.
As stated above, this is an older model design, but can be tweaked to be a great little locomotive.
Regards,
Jonathan
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