I noticed that you heated the silver sleeves to red to expand them. I wonder if the rapid cooling in contact with axle caused the steel to harden. It might have been better to heat only to yellow/blue and put the wheel set in the fridge before fitting the sleeve. Shrinking was always going to be tricky at 1/2 inch diameter with such a small sleeve. As always, an excellent video.
I will do an update soon, so much going on elsewhere, and with back recover I just haven’t really had time for the railway. It should progress soon I hope.
Great fix
Great repair
Would be interesting to watch the carb fix on the pit bike 👍
I noticed that you heated the silver sleeves to red to expand them. I wonder if the rapid cooling in contact with axle caused the steel to harden. It might have been better to heat only to yellow/blue and put the wheel set in the fridge before fitting the sleeve. Shrinking was always going to be tricky at 1/2 inch diameter with such a small sleeve. As always, an excellent video.
Happy birthday and one tank on the carrier 2 will look uneven in my honest opinion
Had a ride around behind your loco today when Alex was driving. Your trolley definitely wasn’t making any funny noises 🙂.
Thanks, it did seem a lot better.
Another good informative vlog Tom keep them coming! Is there any more news on your 5 inch garden track? Rgds Alan 🚂🚂
I will do an update soon, so much going on elsewhere, and with back recover I just haven’t really had time for the railway. It should progress soon I hope.
Have you been doing more on your home railroad yet? Are you going to post an update soon
I’ve not really been fit enough to do the groundwork, hopefully I’ll be back at it soon…
Any progress with the U class?
Stick with the steam please mate.