Loco Brake Rod fitting

[chuffinghell]

I’ve tried to fit the brake rods to my Hornby 42xx and 72xx and I’m struggling because I don’t want to damage anything

 

Is there a nak to fitting them?

 

Chris

Edited September 5, 2018 by chuffinghell

[Oldddudders]

I’ve tried to fit the brake rods to my Hornby 42xx and 72xx and I’m struggling because I don’t want to damage anything

 

Is there a nak to fitting them?

 

Chris

 

Yes. It's basically character-forming. The mouldings are more resilient than you imagine. You can do it. 

[chuffinghell]

I’ll have another go.....once the replacement brake rods arrive, I broke the rods (hence the question)

 

Fortunately it was the rods that broke and not the brake shoe levers on the loco

 

I’m beginning to think I should play with Lego instead of locos

[gwrrob]

Patience, I managed to fit them on both of my 72xx's but they are an ar@e to fit but worth it.

[chuffinghell]

Patience, I managed to fit them on both of my 72xx's but they are an ar@e to fit but worth it.

Did you have to prise apart the brake shoe levers slightly?

[toboldlygo]

Did you have to prise apart the brake shoe levers slightly?

 

It needs to be done carefully - as the plastic can snap.

 

I have a method for fitting the brake rigging, but it's not for timid or ham-fisted AND involves power tools   

[John Tomlinson]

I seem to recall that the rods on the GW 72xx don't fit very well, in fact mine split along the long length. As this doesn't drop and foul the track it isn't significant, just annoying as it should fit properly.

 

Most of them from Hornby or Bachmann do in my experience fit properly. You can push the brake shoes out a bit, and also bend the rod mould a bit crosswise. Sometimes the holes in the brake shoes are not clear, and can be opened up carefully with a small reamer/ broach. Sometimes there is flash on the ends of the rod mould where it goes into the brake shoes, this can be trimmed very, very carefully with a sharp knife.

 

John.

[gwrrob]

I seem to recall that the rods on the GW 72xx don't fit very well, in fact mine split along the long length. 

John.

 

I'm reliably informed the ones supplied with the 72xx class are actually those used on the Hornby 28xx class.

[chuffinghell]

I’ve managed to successfully fit the rods to both my 42xx and 72xx

 

Thanks to everyone for the help,

[Marcus Hugh]

What about fitting Brake rods to Battle of Britain class Engine  !!!!!      God give me strength.

[OnTheBranchline]

On 05/09/2018 at 15:30, gwrrob said:

Patience, I managed to fit them on both of my 72xx's but they are an ar@e to fit but worth it.

 

They are torturous...