Re: bad driver replacing tire insulator
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I have heard people nowadays use mylar.? You can get it at Office Depot.? I think it is used for drafting?? How to do it?? Not so easy I imagine.? I have heard of people doing it, but I personally never have.? If I had a bad driver though, I probably would give it a go.? Just remove the tire and clean it up really good then put the tire and mylar back.? You may need to play with the tire a bit to get it aligned properly and when that is aligned, remove the excess mylar and run a bit of CA around it Good luck and regards, Vic Bitleris
Raleigh, NC
To: yardbirdtrains@... From: albyrno@... Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:59:54 +0000 Subject: [yardbirdtrains] bad driver replacing tire insulator
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Is there a suitable replacement for insulating paper between driver center and tire anyone knows of and how did you do it,the tire slid easily off driver due to missing (burnt out)insulation.
Alan
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> I took a look at the westside P-1 4-6-2 that was in with all the used trains I recently aquired.Previous owner said it had a short in it which I discovered to be a bad driver,1 tire is not insulated from driver center.I need to get a replacement but do not know the scale size,it measured out at .965 with calipers,what I really need is a conversion table and am hoping someone could help me find conversion chart?I've heard driver can be fixed but have no idea how this could be done.
> I figure with all the other stuff in lot this loco cost me around $20.With wires connected to frame and drawbar it runs very quiet,The others of this model I've seen had open frame motors ,this one has can motor with flywheel and some pretty poor looking soldering of wires so it may have been re-motored.Once I get driver fixed,clean all the dried up grease from mechanism,lubricate lead and trailing truck axles wheels turn very stiff,clean wheels etc. it should be a good running loco.
> Alan
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