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James' front wheels

Started by DinoNTrains, April 22, 2011, 12:41:05 PM

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DinoNTrains

I'm really sorry if this was discussed much earlier, but my bachmann james engine's front wheels (the two before his drive wheels) sometimes derail if they go on turn outs. has anyone else suffered this problem and is there a way to fix it? Thank you very much.
Bachmann never ceases to amaze me :)

shining time

long live the GWR, LNER, and the narrow gauge railways

DinoNTrains

Bachmann never ceases to amaze me :)

ThomasFan247

I had the same problem. You can remove the spring that is underneath the screw that holds the wheels onto the base.

DinoNTrains

Quote from: ThomasFan247 on April 22, 2011, 03:13:17 PM
I had the same problem. You can remove the spring that is underneath the screw that holds the wheels onto the base.

It worked! Thanks.
Bachmann never ceases to amaze me :)

ThomasFan247


fighter4luv

Tightening the screw holding those wheels on also worked for me... though has to be tightened every so often. I didn't want to remove the spring

JD417

i really think that the spring is the issue, after all my james kept derailing over switches because his front whell kept popping off, so there could be 2 ways bachmann could fix that, 1.) give it a more springy spring ( :P ) or make the plastic that guides the wheel out of metal like every one elses

shining time

i didn't remove the spring i just tightened the screw.
long live the GWR, LNER, and the narrow gauge railways