Rance, I have just had the exact same experience with the shoulder screw on an AM Budd car. The screw is not exactly sized correctly for the application...the shoulder should be slightly longer. I use a product called "DEVCON - Thread Locking Compound" to hold the partially tightened screw. It is a red liquid and comes in a small dispenser bottle. I bought mine years ago and don't recall where, but I suspect any hardware store would have it or a similar product. I believe there is a "Loc-Tite" brand. A small bottle lasts forever and it works great. It will hold any threaded fastener firmly but can easily be 'broken' if the fastener needs to be removed.
Brooks Stover --- In [email protected], Rance Velapoldi <rvelapoldi@...> wrote: > > Hi all: > I have a problem/question about the trucks on the Budd car. I did have > several email exchanges with the manufacturer, but I probably wasn't > communicating correctly and I haven't quite gotten a resolution to the > problem. Here it is: > I have been running some of the Budd cars (hi-rail) and one of the > screws holding one of the trucks came out. I have the screw, so I > reattached the truck using the "shoulder" screw. When I tighten the > screw up, the truck binds and won't turn. I didn't want to only > partially screw the screw in since it would work itself out again. Is > there some type of 'loc-tite' or washer to stop the screw from going > into the body too far so that the truck doesn't bind when I tighten the > screw? There appeared to be some small red stiff like material with a > round loop on one end - did this come off the screw? This red thin > material wasn't any of the electrical wires for lighting. Suggestions > are appreciated. (Of course, I could take one of the other trucks off, > but I don't want to compound the problem:-) .) > thanks > Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway) > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
