One of our former members and rubber gauger, put AM truck springs on a
pair of Overland FA's. The replacements made a wonderful improvement.
There is an old Kalmbach video made of 1st generation diesels, showing
an engine negotiating it's way across some frogs where it twists, turns
and bounces. Those model FA's did pretty much the same thing.
Jack Troxell tried an experiment with the older powdered AM 125
wheelsets. He put them on his lathe and turned the profile to the
correct 110 size and got rid of the granular appearance of the wheel's
surface. I don't think he made more than a handful of them--probably
too time consuming.
In thinking about all the wheelsets I've used over the years--wow. I
started out with mostly the Millers' and some Rex. I liked the Rex
trucks (Rex had brake shoes) mated with the Miller wheels. Problem was
the wheel-set were getting hard to get, so I bought the Ace wheel
bearing/wheelsets and installed on the Rex and NE trucks and everything
rolled much better. Then NWSL wheels became available and I got rid of
most of my old stuff with much improvement. Of course the more modern
AM, PRS and then SHS trucks did even better.
All this shows where we were in the 70's and how much better things are
today generally! My good friend boB can drive along the old gravel road
but I find the freeway just fine! <G>
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
Bud:
Good suggestion, I've just been to lazy to do it! As far as a magnet
on a stick, these springs don't seem to be magnetically attracted to
anything! Also, Kadee HO-T-1 (in house part number springs are close
to the old Ace springs in size and length, but slightly softer. They
fit in Ace truck sides real well and produce a nice soft ride. I've
also used them in some N'eastern Andrews trucks. More on this as it
develops.
Last night, I bought several sets of Ace wheelsets on Ebay to get me
through the current crisis. I can't help it, I still miss the good ol'
days when we improvised and struggled to get what we wanted rather
than wait for some mnufacturer to produce it for us at an astronomical
price. I'm glad I got my RS2 and RS-3's when I could afford them. Old
dog, new tricks, I guess.
boB Nicholson ___________________________________________________
--- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>,
"Bud Rindfleisch" <BlackDiamondRR@...> wrote:
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> boB, For those "fidgety" springs that seem to fly away at the most
inoppertune times, a suggestion that you of all people should be able
to take advantage of: slide the springs onto a "string", install in
place then pull the "string" out!
> And next time I visit, I'll bring my yardstick with a magnet on the
end, I should be able to save myself some money on springs!
> Bud Rindfleisch
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> > I would like to point out that Kadee HO-T-1 coil springs are a
close representation of the Ace springs, maybe a little softer, which
ought to make them excellent performers on an S scale layout. Their
#637 truck springs also work in N'eastern trucks, even though a little
fidgety to install. My basement floor is littered with them.
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