Dante60513 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Working on the 7mm DJH Jubilee and reached point of adding the wheel balance weights. Large weights (6 spokes wide) go on the centre axle wheels and smaller weights (5 spokes wide) on the front and rear axle wheels. The instructions have a reminder that the small weights are handed, with no further detail. Being 6 spokes wide, the large weights have to be one spoke off centre, but is this c/wise or AC/wise? From some photos it looks c/wise. I think the rear axle weight starts at the same spoke as the large weight and the front axle weight starts one spoke to the right of the other two. Is this what would be considered handed? Apologies for the long blurb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 locomotive wheels have weights to counter balance the coupling rods while the centre wheels have extra weight as they also counter balance the connecting rods Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Does this help? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante60513 Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Spot on thanks Bill - much appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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