Geoff Lewis Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Has anyone experience of fitting Gibson wheels to a Bachmann Standard Class 4 using the GibsonRTR conversion kit. I am investigating sorting out the axle problems on five split chassis Class 4s. Thanks Gltagaman Edited July 17, 2020 by Geoff Lewis spelling mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted July 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Geoff Lewis said: Has anyone experience of fitting Gibson wheels to a Bachmann Standard Class 4 using the GibsonRTR conversion kit. I am investigating sorting out the axle problems on five split chassis Class 4s. Thanks Gltagaman I’m not aware of Gibson doing a conversion kit for the split axle/chassis version. The listed conversion is for the revised contemporary chassis. Edited July 17, 2020 by PMP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete55 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 PMP is quite right, the Gibson conversion pack is for the later and current chassis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cypherman Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Hi Geoff, I believe Peters Spares sell replacement axel sets for those engines. https://www.petersspares.com/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 14 hours ago, Geoff Lewis said: Has anyone experience of fitting Gibson wheels to a Bachmann Standard Class 4 using the GibsonRTR conversion kit. I am investigating sorting out the axle problems on five split chassis Class 4s... There have been past DIY attempts to adapt kit wheelsets into Bachmann split chassis mechanisms. I feel it is fair to say that the conclusion was better to build a new mechanism, using the kit wheelsets in way they are designed to be used. I read all this with some interest, with a number of split chassis models which were fast wearing out completely, (all the plating worn from the castings) along with much else repaired as they had degraded in operation, and steadily recycling the best surviving components into 'rebuilds'. I ended up opting for the cheap solution, look out for s/h or offers on the replacement model as Bachmann upgraded to conventional chassis, but only for those models where the bodies had been worked up to represent specific locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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