Post by Deleted on May 3, 2018 16:42:36 GMT -5
Hello (unfortunately ! ) ...
Rokuhan turnouts can sometimes cause issues ! Look at the moving part : both sides are "straight", one should be "round", parallel to the outer rail of the deviant track. So, when in deviant position, almost in the middle of the moving part the width of the track is less than the norm ; my MTL GP9 has a problem : when running over a Rokuhan turnout in deviant position, the wheels lift about 1 mm, and it "shakes" ; and if I push it while holding it down, I can feel that it jams. My other AZL locos seem to have a "margin", but the wheels of the MTL chassis are "wider" with less tolerance. For myself, I wonder if it would be possible to press the wheels slighly together (in a vise between two, maybe wooden, "adapter" plates), or if I should replace with an AZL GP7/9 chassis (with thin Evergreen plates between the shell and the chassis, for the difference in width, as suggested in a former topic) ?
Thanks for any answer !
Rokuhan turnouts can sometimes cause issues ! Look at the moving part : both sides are "straight", one should be "round", parallel to the outer rail of the deviant track. So, when in deviant position, almost in the middle of the moving part the width of the track is less than the norm ; my MTL GP9 has a problem : when running over a Rokuhan turnout in deviant position, the wheels lift about 1 mm, and it "shakes" ; and if I push it while holding it down, I can feel that it jams. My other AZL locos seem to have a "margin", but the wheels of the MTL chassis are "wider" with less tolerance. For myself, I wonder if it would be possible to press the wheels slighly together (in a vise between two, maybe wooden, "adapter" plates), or if I should replace with an AZL GP7/9 chassis (with thin Evergreen plates between the shell and the chassis, for the difference in width, as suggested in a former topic) ?
Thanks for any answer !
, please check your MTL GP wheel gauge. Use the small notches in the MTL coupler/track gauge or, an NN3 gauge plate.
