Dear Ted:
What makes a good article?
"Making ACE wheelsets fit into Athearn Axles"
OR
"Regauging Athearn Mechanisms for S with ACE wheelsets"
'S'incerely yours,
Thorin
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From: TED R LARSON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [S-Scale] Digest Number 1368
I was a bit short on time and therefore was unable to follow this whole
thread. It appears though that it might make a good article for the
Dispatch. I'd enjoy seeing you do that if you are able.
Ted Larson
Bright Ideas
http://iw.rtm.com/brightideas/default.asp
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:34:52 -0500
> From: "Marty.Thorin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Attach gear to small shaft: RESOLVED!
>
> To all:
> I have been amazed! I posted this two days ago and have
> received so
> many e-mails and suggestions that I can't respond to everyone
> individually!
> I am truly impressed! Many, many thanks!
>
> The solution that was used was to gently nip the axles with a good
> pair of
> wire cutters. So I 'roughen up' then ends of the ACE half-axles
> where they
> extend into the Athearn gears. It worked so good that when I was
> done I
> rechecked the others and found one to fix
> Re-wheeling two steeplecabs each with two trucks with four
> wheels
> each. This is 16 wheels and half axles. Of these, only 3 were
> sloppy loose
> and two more were semi-loose. All are now tight.
>
> Several people suggested glue but avoiding glue was the original
> objective.
>
> Dick Karnes suggested I just slide out the original Athearn half
> axles,
> regauge to S, and secure with a drop of glue. This would normally
> work and
> is the Scale suggestion that comes with the Hoquat shell. But I am
> highrail
> with 'S'mile and 'S'miles of gen-u-whine AF track so I used ACE
> wheelsets.
> When I finished building 40 I had fixed sideframes just like the
> Athearn
> SW-9 who's mechanism is under there. Unlike the instructions, I
> retained
> the equalization of the Athearn trucks. (i.e. when it goes over a
> bump, one
> wheel will go up or down slightly and the other three wheels stay
> put.) The
> equalized wheelsets worked against me as the wheel would go up but
> the
> sideframes, being fixed, would not. The ends of 40's sideframes
> would pick
> at switches and other things.
> As I am highrail, I solved this by getting more ACE
> highrail
> wheelsets and making a new set of half axles. Only this time I left
> the
> axle extensions intact. (The part that goes into the journal box.)
> I
> modified the sideframes so the axle extensions actually go into the
> sideframes and work!
> Because of the working equalization, I had to use ACE Scale
> wheelsets to get the axle extensions! The Athearn wheelsets could
> not be
> used. They lack the extension because the HO side frames do not
> touch the
> wheelsets at all. (The shorter HO axles swing up and down less than
> my
> longer S axles. This allows Athearn to have fixed sideframes. On
> level
> track my sideframes are no lower than the Athearn ones.)
>
> Again, thanks to all of you! I finished the rear truck of 40 last
> night and
> tested it on my module. It works great. I have 6 more wheelsets
> (with
> gears, bushings, etc.) ready to install into the other three
> trucks.
>
> Thorin
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