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 Posted - March 19 2021 : 3:13:45 PM
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How does one take this apart?
I need to straighten the wheels 
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Posted - March 19 2021 : 5:41:22 PM
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From my Tyco CN Coaches, I have pretty much figured out that one simply does not take Tyco Passenger Trucks Apart.
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Posted - March 19 2021 : 6:48:48 PM
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really? why not?
this one goes onto my Rio Grande passenger car
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Posted - March 19 2021 : 7:15:30 PM
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I only have the one passenger car or else I'd try. They seems like something that are press fit together pretty tightly. I would find a Santa Fe coach for cheap and swap the truck.
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Posted - March 19 2021 : 9:10:11 PM
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I am of the same opinion, Aaron.
However, busss, you might be able to just straighten-out those axles with a small pair of needle-nose pliers....might not be perfect, but with some tweaking, you should be able to get the axles rolling fairly straight again.
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Posted - March 19 2021 : 11:13:09 PM
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What if you gently extract the axles and slip in a
flexible pair of nylon wheel sets?
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Posted - March 20 2021 : 01:44:21 AM
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How can a set of trucks get destroyed to that degree?? I'm a bodyman and I wouldnt want to attempt to straighten that! 
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Posted - March 20 2021 : 07:31:20 AM
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The side frames may come off if you drill out the 2 recessed areas.
I would use a drill that is the same size as some styrene rod so you can pin it back together later.
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Posted - March 20 2021 : 11:45:02 AM
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quote:The side frames may come off if you drill out the 2 recessed areas.
I would use a drill that is the same size as some styrene rod so you can pin it back together later.
Originally posted by Bamos - March 20 2021 : 07:31:20 AM
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I will try that
& Walt I stepped on it
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Posted - March 20 2021 : 4:02:00 PM
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| Nah, just pop in a nylon wheel axle and away you go.
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 Posted - March 20 2021 : 6:39:28 PM
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I guess Ben was excited about the new King Kong vs Godzilla movie and took it too far.
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Posted - March 21 2021 : 2:48:10 PM
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Those axles are trash, just replace them. Also notice that the flange on the plastic wheel is also damaged.
Your best bet is replace the entire truck with one salvaged from another car.
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Posted - March 23 2021 : 08:30:55 AM
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quote:
Those axles are trash, just replace them. Also notice that the flange on the plastic wheel is also damaged.
Your best bet is replace the entire truck with one salvaged from another car.
Originally posted by Srenchin - March 21 2021 : 2:48:10 PM
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Possibly right
oh another question is
How do I replace couplers on these?
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Posted - March 23 2021 : 1:07:07 PM
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Replace coupler by taking a tiny screw driver and gently prying open
the coupler pocket, gently cause you don't want to damage the
stupid rivet. Probably take a horn hook, but the kind with the tiny
pin hole, but you might get by with a coupler with a larger hole.
Just make sure the plastic spring is good.
Reassemble by replacing the coupler lid and gently squeezing with needle
nose pliers. Might need a small dab of ACC to bind the rivet from falling off.
I'm lazy, I wouldn't make myself nuts trying to drill out the press
fit dimples and all that. Just take a regular set of nylon Tyco wheels, you
know the molded one piece axle and wheel combination, very flexibly
and put them in and done. One & done.
To remove that trashed axles, if they won't easily come out, simply
snip or cut away the old axle in the center. Those trucks might be
fragile zinc, so I'd go with cutting or snipping- you don't want to
stress the side frames.
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Posted - March 23 2021 : 2:01:48 PM
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quote:Replace coupler by taking a tiny screw driver and gently prying open
the coupler pocket, gently cause you don't want to damage the
stupid rivet. Probably take a horn hook, but the kind with the tiny
pin hole, but you might get by with a coupler with a larger hole.
Just make sure the plastic spring is good.
Reassemble by replacing the coupler lid and gently squeezing with needle
nose pliers. Might need a small dab of ACC to bind the rivet from falling off.
I'm lazy, I wouldn't make myself nuts trying to drill out the press
fit dimples and all that. Just take a regular set of nylon Tyco wheels, you
know the molded one piece axle and wheel combination, very flexibly
and put them in and done. One & done.
To remove that trashed axles, if they won't easily come out, simply
snip or cut away the old axle in the center. Those trucks might be
fragile zinc, so I'd go with cutting or snipping- you don't want to
stress the side frames.
Originally posted by Chops124 - March 23 2021 : 1:07:07 PM
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need metal to make the interior lights work 
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Posted - March 23 2021 : 2:17:11 PM
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Yeah, well, that's a tradeoff, then back to plan A which is to swap out
the truck. That is toasted.
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 1:07:10 PM
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got the wheels out & got them fixed!  
now how does 1 fix the coupler mounts? 
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 3:27:50 PM
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Still bent Ben. I can see it in the photos... Both axles will shake your teeth out! 
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 6:41:23 PM
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| Simply drill out the one side. Bit should be just a little wider than the circular depression on the cast part of the truck. Remove that side and slip in new wheelsets or repair the existing ones. Put it back together with your favorite “stick to everything” glue.
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 6:51:48 PM
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quote:Still bent Ben. I can see it in the photos... Both axles will shake your teeth out!
Originally posted by walt - May 01 2021 : 3:27:50 PM
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they ain't as bad as the 1st pix
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 9:43:00 PM
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quote: quote:Still bent Ben. I can see it in the photos... Both axles will shake your teeth out!
Originally posted by walt - May 01 2021 : 3:27:50 PM
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they ain't as bad as the 1st pix
Originally posted by microbusss-May 01 2021: 6:51:48 PM
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Agreed. Way better, but you could still do some more bending.
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 9:57:27 PM
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| Will probably never be right, and I've been straightening metal for many years! My first opinion was to scrap the whole thing. My now opinion is the same...
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Posted - May 01 2021 : 11:37:28 PM
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yeah course had to take out wheels as I put them in wrong 
but I got them in the correct way now
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Posted - May 20 2021 : 01:46:10 AM
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quote: [quote]Still bent Ben. I can see it in the photos... Both axles will shake your teeth out!
Originally posted by walt - May 01 2021 : 3:27:50 PM
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they ain't as bad as the 1st pix
Originally posted by microbusss - May 01 2021 : 6:51:48 PM
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Sounds like a guy from my hometown who had an old Firebird that HE called a Trans Am. The engine smoked like a steamer, and blew. He told a friend and I that he got a GOOD engine this time, it doesn't SMOKE half as bad as the other engine did!
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