SOME PEOPLE MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOWING.
DIGITRAX FORUM DISCUSSION ON JUNE 18 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS
TO: Sam Clarke,
Kadee Quality Products
I thought you and your Company might be interested in the following which created quite a discussion.
On Sunday June,18 2004 a discussion ensued on the Digitrax Forum regarding the following by a fellow named Terry.
I was interested at the time because I wondered if it pertained to #502 trucks which I have, but it did not.
TWO ENTRIES OF ABOUT 15-20 ENTRIES ON THE TOPIC ARE SHOWN BELOW
(RE:KADEE SELF CENTERING TRUCKS).
Hi all,
Sorry that this isn’t a Digitrax question but can’t get an answer on
any other site that I’m a member of. I hope I’m not being out of
line, and thank you in advance for any help.
I just purchased some HO Kadee box cars and was surprised to find
that they don’t roll as well as some other cars I have with metal
wheels. They also seem to make a noise as if something is rubbing as
they are being pulled by a train. These are new cars, never used.
I’m wondering if anyone has had the same experience or if they know
of a fix for this problem.
Thank you!!
Terry
From: "Scott Subject: Re: Kadee box cars
I just purchased some HO Kadee box cars and was surprised to find
that they don’t roll as well as some other cars I have with metal
wheels. They also seem to make a noise as if something is rubbing
as they are being pulled by a train.
I have 8 of these and have experienced the same problem. There is a
tool that MicroMark sells (sorry I don’t remember the name of it and
many train hobby shops sell it) that is used to hollow-out the
side frame journals to clean out molding material and to make it a
better fit for the pointed end of the axle. I have heard that this
tool is only supposed t