GWR-fan Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 To date I have purchased around 150 of these spoked wheelsets from a Chinese eBay store that I have dealt with many times and consider him to be utmostly trustworthy and honest. In all I have never had an issue with the quality of the wheelsets until today. I fitted some Ratio archbar bogies to an old Hornby "Brick" wagon that originally had cast metal open axled bogies and replaced the supplied plastic wheels with the Chinese spoked wheels. All was well until I went to run the wagon. Prior placing on the track a loco had run superbly until I placed the wagon on the track resulting in a short circuit. As the loco ran fine previously the short had to have been the wagon, so one by one, I removed each wheelset until the short went away. The defective wheel set was replaced and all was well. Obviously, the insulated wheel on that axle was not insulated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted July 17, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, GWR-fan said: To date I have purchased around 150 of these spoked wheelsets from a Chinese eBay store that I have dealt with many times and consider him to be utmostly trustworthy and honest. In all I have never had an issue with the quality of the wheelsets until today. I fitted some Ratio archbar bogies to an old Hornby "Brick" wagon that originally had cast metal open axled bogies and replaced the supplied plastic wheels with the Chinese spoked wheels. All was well until I went to run the wagon. Prior placing on the track a loco had run superbly until I placed the wagon on the track resulting in a short circuit. As the loco ran fine previously the short had to have been the wagon, so one by one, I removed each wheelset until the short went away. The defective wheel set was replaced and all was well. Obviously, the insulated wheel on that axle was not insulated. Link please to your supplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 5 hours ago, GWR-fan said: To date I have purchased around 150 of these spoked wheelsets from a Chinese eBay store that I have dealt with many times and consider him to be utmostly trustworthy and honest. In all I have never had an issue with the quality of the wheelsets until today. I fitted some Ratio archbar bogies to an old Hornby "Brick" wagon that originally had cast metal open axled bogies and replaced the supplied plastic wheels with the Chinese spoked wheels. All was well until I went to run the wagon. Prior placing on the track a loco had run superbly until I placed the wagon on the track resulting in a short circuit. As the loco ran fine previously the short had to have been the wagon, so one by one, I removed each wheelset until the short went away. The defective wheel set was replaced and all was well. Obviously, the insulated wheel on that axle was not insulated. One in 150 seems pretty good to me? Just what point are you trying to make? Bernard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR-fan Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Bernard Lamb said: One in 150 seems pretty good to me? Just what point are you trying to make? Bernard Well, if you get a short circuit then a new axle replacement might be a good place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR-fan Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 11 hours ago, john new said: Link please to your supplier. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/174045112333 The seller also lists 12 wheels in a pack. The solid wheels on his site are for "h.o." applications as the axle length is not 26.5mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted July 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, GWR-fan said: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/174045112333 The seller also lists 12 wheels in a pack. The solid wheels on his site are for "h.o." applications as the axle length is not 26.5mm. Warning - thank you for the link, however, not relevant to many of us, as does not post to UK addresses. Edited July 18, 2022 by john new 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2022 11 hours ago, GWR-fan said: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/174045112333 The seller also lists 12 wheels in a pack. The solid wheels on his site are for "h.o." applications as the axle length is not 26.5mm. Nor should it be, its 26mm for UK "standard" axle length. He quotes 25.6mm, which is near enough, and closer than some current rtr manufacturers manage. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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