Arnold D. Cribari posted:Davety posted:Arnold D. Cribari posted:
But my heart sunk when I saw one set of wheels on the floor that came off the tender. I examined the tender closely and noticed a small piece of plastic that I believe is supposed to be part of the journal box, had broken off. That broken piece of plastic holds the wheel axle and wheels in place. I frantically searched the floor for that small piece of plastic, and found it after about 10 minutes of searching for it.
I had some left over Loctite Superglue. I put the axle for the loose pair of wheels in each journal box, and put a tiny dab of superglue on the edge of the broken piece of plastic, put the axle and wheels back in the journal box, and pressed the glued broken pieces together.
I now have the tender on the track in another siding in the middle, not the edge, of the layout. I won't touch the tender for at least 24 hours to give the Superglue plenty of time to dry/set.
I believe the part that broke off is a AXLE BEARING / PLASTIC / PILOT / TRAILING TRUCK 6208616339
https://www.lionelsupport.com/...;submitButton=Search
I find it handy to have spares of these on hand.
This is a follow up to the above prior posts. I have now received from Lionel the plastic axle bearing part shown above.
The good news is I inserted that part, and my LC+ Jersey Central locomotive and tender is running again, and at the moment is parked on a siding on my layout. With the tender on the track, gravity holds everything in place, and the train and tender run fine.
The bad news is that it is the wrong part, it does not snap or clip into place, and if I lift the tender off the track, the part and pair of wheels fall out. I believe this part is meant to hold the wheels of the trailing truck of the locomotive in place. I should be receiving the correct part from Lionel early this week, which is the part that holds the wheels of the tender in place.
Before I do anything further, I will wait for the arrival of what I believe is the correct part.
However, I believe the first part could work if the correct glue was used and applied properly. A tiny dab of old Loctite Supergue did not work.
What do you think is the best glue to hold this plastic part to the metal truck of the tender, how should that glue be applied, and how long should I let it dry? Arnold
Final follow up:
The axle bearing for the tender truck arrived. It looks to be identical to the part in the above photo. It does not snap or clip into place, and needs to be glued into place to hold the axle and wheels on the tender.
Last call for recommendations. What glue would you use?
Arnold
