Comments on: Removal of Rubber Traction Wheel Rim

By: Rudy

Rudy — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:28:31 +0000

In reply to David Stokes. Ok, good to know...thanks..

By: Rudy

Rudy — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:27:47 +0000

In reply to Robert.

OK, that was my concern, and it does have a slight depression…thanks all…

By: David Stokes

David Stokes — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 05:23:25 +0000

The traction tyres are there for a very good reason – to give the loco traction. Do NOT remove it, as the wheel would not be in the power pickup circuit anyway, so you’d just bugger the loco up.

However!

If you removed the wheels with the rubber tyres and replaced them with new “correct” wheels (keep insulated and live alignments) and added a power pick plus pack in some extra weight up then your loco would have less chance of stalling, have another couple of sets of wheels working and enough grunt to pull a reasonable sized train.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 02:50:31 +0000

Some of my Lima locos have a groove on the wheel where the traction tyre sits. If yours is this design it won’t run well over the point work if the traction tyre is removed.

By: Kevin Ching

Kevin Ching — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 01:07:48 +0000

I would fit a frog juicer circuit to the layout that will eliminate any hesitation

By: Rudy C

Rudy C — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 02:03:33 +0000

In reply to Mike W. Yeah, That one wheel does appear slightly smaller. I was also concerned about it becoming unbalanced. It's a new purchase and I don't want to ruin it...Thanks.

By: Mike W

Mike W — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:37:55 +0000

I don’t know if this STILL holds true or not, but one of my older engines (from the 70’s) had traction tires. The wheel it was on was made slightly smaller to accommodate the traction tire. If I took the traction tires off, the model sat lower on the track than it normally would. This caused the flange to hit the frogs and joiners on the track.
Again, this was an older engine and this may no longer apply.. just my own past experience