just wondering if anyone else has issues I recently bought this Bachmann On30 Centre cab diesel locomotive When I received the locomotive, I carefully unpacked it and tried it on my track but was completely unable to get it to sit properly on the rails. I looked closer and noticed that the wheels on one side of the truck seemed to be at an odd angle and when I touched them they just wobbled around and spun freely! All the other wheels were solid and did not move being held by the gear train in the trucks but the two on the right upside down just spun freely and wobbled when touched. It looks to me like they are not on the axle properly at all and need to be inboard a fair bit. Must be at at least 18 mm if not more and not connected to the drive train at all. I do not think that they have been pushed on to the right part of the axles on that side at all during assembly. It is definitely not shipping damage as there is not a single mark on the loco or the box or the box it shipped in at all. Secondly another issue is that to my eye the two sets of wheels on the other truck seem to be at different gauges as well, in that one pair of wheels look to be closer together as in under gauge, than the other pair in the same truck. Thirdly there is an absolutely huge difference in the amount of lateral play in each truck. The truck with all the wheels attached is very rigid with very little lateral movement at all. The truck with the loose wheels flaps around around to a very much greater degree than the other one. Lastly I was looking at the loco side on and noticed that while one headlight sits level on its bracket, the other one has been glued on slightly behind its mounting position and is pointed down the way at an angle
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:27:02 +0000
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