CN GP38-2W

[Schraddel]

O.K..

lets start to rebuild this thing.


Controlling all wheelsets if they are comform to NMRA Standards.





An investion into the future. As long the parts are shiny new and clean, the current pick up is flawless and reliable. But as the loco accumulate mileage, catching some fibers oder get some oily, the dependability sinks and the loco became running stuttering.
Of course, you can demount the trucks and cleaning all parts, but how often you are willingly to do so?
My solution are additional wipers made out of 0.3mm bronze wire. Pieces of them were soldered onto the inner brass frame.





Before reassembling the gear boxes, distribute the grease to places were it really is of avail. Here the the studs were the spur gears are pivoted. Then reassembly the gear boxes.





Choose one of them, i usually take the front truck. A stack of washers is piled up just to the height of this pair of nubbies onto the the main frame will be beared.
The other truck remain unaltered.





Take this stack of washers and pile it onto the kingpin one one half of the main frame. Fix it by glueing with CA.





Take a good side cutter and crop off the nubbies of one truck. The other truck will be unaltered.





Reassemble the trucks further. The excess length of the new wipers will soon be cutting off with a wire cutter.
Then reassemble both trucks onto the main frame.

You now have loco with a selfmade 3-point suspension.



Lutz