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 Posted - November 30 2009 : 11:19:30 PM
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has anyone tried taking out the plastic wheels & axles out of a tyco truck & replace them with athearn axles & wheels in their place?
i've got a bunch of athearn wheel sets on the way. i'm hoping it will make the tyco's a little easier to roll. the factory tyco cars won't coast worth a crap & act like the brakes are on all the time. i'm wanting to free up some of the drag. has anyone tried this?
jerry
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 2:07:28 PM
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| My tutorial>>> http://www.freewebs.com/shaygetz/mod.htm Hope it helps.
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 2:56:13 PM
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what you gonna do with the old trucks then? 
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 3:55:51 PM
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I've never had good luck fitting random spare inexpensive wheelsets in. I'm sure I've tried a number of Athearn, Roundhouse, Walthers, Concor and others among the dozens r random ones I had to try in the past.
The bad thing about hong-kong plastic Tyco trucks and wheels is they are not all the same: some use a fat angular axle tip, others are a sort of "blunt needlepoint" (if that makes any sense). But either profile seems unique to Tyco... even other toy/RTR makes like Like-Like and Bachmann do not fit.
That said, I did happen upon one wheelset that seemed to work well: Proto 2000. But this is an expensive proposition.
In the end, what I've done is cherry-pick older scrap cars with the metal needlepoint axles - those actually perform quite well. You'll find them on the later redbox era cars and some early brownbox as well (with plastic - not metal - trucks). Those crappy older swift reefers, texaco tankers and other common throwaway cars can sometimes have some parts value... the needlepoint metal wheels are a direct swap into 95% of brownbox plastic trucks. I had to upgrade my Trailer Jet this way so it would run. Otherwise it was like trying to pull a stump or a brick wall, as you know!
I like Shaygetz' idea, if you don't mind modifying the car itself. If you'd rather keep the car original, Brianstyco has a thread somewhere about reaming the truck bearings with a drill bit to accept standard (athearn, et al) wheelsets.
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 5:10:16 PM
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quote:what you gonna do with the old trucks then?
Originally posted by microbusss-December 01 2009: 2:56:13 PM
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i'm going to put the athearn wheels in the tyco trucks.
i was wondering if i might have to drill on them a little. i remember seeing something about it but i couldn't remember who wrote the thread on it, or how it was done. if i can find it, i'll post a link on this thread too.
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 5:17:23 PM
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| oh well I need some for my cars
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 7:44:30 PM
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microbusss, are you needing talgo truck mounted couplers? if so, if i end up replacing them i'll let you know.
i couldn't find the post from brianstyco about the truck mods.
jerry
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 9:12:17 PM
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oh the old ones idk what Talgo ones are  I hate Kadeee 
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Posted - December 01 2009 : 11:46:25 PM
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a talgo truck is the trucks that have the coupler pocket molded on it.
jerry
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Posted - December 02 2009 : 1:14:16 PM
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| no idea what they are
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Posted - December 02 2009 : 3:24:10 PM
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heres the topic brianstyco started..
http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1489
microbusss, a talgo truck is what tyco cars hod on them from the factory.
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