Farish B4 Bogie Wheel Problem

[John M Upton]

Hello

 

Does anyone else have a problem from time to time with the B4 bogies fitted to new tooling Mk2 coaches (and to a lesser extent Mk1's as well) where the wheel sets seem to become dislodged, the pin points of the axles slip out of the holes in the bogie insides and as a result derail?

 

Never had this problem with B1's or Commonwealth's, just the B4's and it is getting mightly annoying!!

[scruff]

I know what you mean.. they are a royal pain in the butt! 

I had to swap my wheelsets around but I now have a Mk2a bso that is unusable.. never had the problem with a Mk1 though..

 

Cheers

Mark

[TomE]

I've had the same issue on a couple of B4 bogies. It doesn't usually happen whilst they are running, but sometimes in transit the wheelsets become dislodged. I'd wondered about fixing a 10thou square of plastic with a hole over the existing one on the rear face to give a little extra depth for the pinpoint, haven't gotten around to trying it yet though. 

 

Tom. 

[John M Upton]

I am glad it is not just me then! I am going to try fitting a pair of B4s with brass bearing cups and see if that helps.

[acg5324]

Yes, had this quite a lot. It’s usually just one axle per bogie that gets out of place. Especially been a pain on my 4TC as it has solid bar couplers too.

I’ll watch both of your improvements with interest to see how they go.