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Reply to "Problems: Lionel JLC Hudson 4-6-4 steamer on 031 curves."

Well,  I measured both the front and rear driver wheel sets.



Distance from outside of one wheel to outside of the other: 

  Front Drivers:  1.66

  Rear Driver:  1.75



Distance from outside of the raised flange on one wheel to the outside of the raised flange on the other:

        Front Drivers:  varies from 1.22 to 1.25

        Rear Drivers:  varies from 1.22 to 1.30

Distance from Inside edge of one wheel to inside edge of the other:

       Front Drivers: 1.11

        Rear Drivers:  1.09

Seems like these differences are really small, and shouldn't matter much.

I did notice that when I grab the set of front drivers by the outside of the wheels, the wheels and axle will slide back and forth in the housing about 1/16th of an inch.   When I grab the set of rear drivers by the outside of the wheels, the wheels and axle will only slide back and forth about 1/32nd of an inch.      Is this normal?

Only other thing I can think of:   The curved sections of the track were new Chinese Steel Lionel track, with the original pins crimped incredibly tight into the ends of the rails.  Because of the Switches and other straight sections I had to connect the curves to, I had to remove the pins, and it was really really hard to do.  Took alot of "flaring out" the underside of the ends of the rails, and really twisting and pulling hard.  I guess I could have maybe permanently twisted the ends of the rails enough to create the stalling problem?     Again, however, none of my other engines have any problems on these curves whatsoever.   Even the Scout. which has two sets of drivers right next to each other.

Mannyrock

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