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Rivarossi Pullman Car Wheels and Axles
Gil wants your help:
“I have 2 N gauge Rivarossi Pullman cars and a model power freight car that are giving me grief as the wheels will not stay attached to the micro trains chassis. It seems to me that the holes for the wheels have now worn out so that they no longer have the capacity to hold the axles in place. Any clues or do I need to buy wheels/chassis….by the way this is not a constant problem ..it doesn’t occur all the time when trains are running, but it is annoying.”
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Can you replace the pins with screws? Something like a 2-56 screw May have to enlarge the hole in the truck to accommodate the screw..
Scott’s comments makes sense if the trucks themselves are the problem. Don’t try to glue or epoxy them. for it may secure the truck to the car body, not allowing it to flex or move freely when going into a turn.
If the axles are coming off while the trucks remain attached to the car, it sounds as if the dimples of the trucks no longer can hold the axles. Most trucks are made of plastic, you could take a hair dryer and heat the trucks up a bit and gently press the sides in a tad and hold them in place ’till the truck is cool, so that the dimples can hold the axles again without causing too much undue friction. If the trucks are made of thin sheet metal you could try and gently press the sides inward, but if they are made of pot metal then I suggest replacing the trucks in total.
The use of a 2-56 screw is a good idea. You can add a shim of .010 plastic to fill in the hole if it is oversize, don’t glue the plastic the screw will hold it. I am converting all of my cars to use the screws to hold the trucks, this makes for a more stable car without the wobble from loose trucks. One other quick fix you can use is to use a pair of needle nose pliers to pinch the end of the pin to make it larger and press fit it into the hole. Good luck, Bill