Wild Boar Fell Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hello Folks, Quick question, does anyone know whether the Bachmann 36-034 Wheels can be used as a direct replacement for Romford's JR3's, basically are the axles the same length and diameter? Cheers, Wild Boar Fell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew F Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 You've probably sussed this out already but I'd say yes, they'd be fine. I fitted 36-015 3 holes to Cambrian Mermaids/Catfish with shouldered bearings and they're a perfect fit....as good as the Romfords so without measuring I'd say the Bachmann axles are 26/25mm and the same diameter. Bachmann 3 holes look a lot better than the Romford/Markits in BR stock but are hard to come by. Does anyone know if Romford still produce wheelsets or is it Markits now? I've had several Romford 10.5mm wheelsets on order with Kernow since summer. I e-mailed them recently to ask if they were still being produced and they told me that Romford were having production difficulties but they'd received some other wheels sets from them so hang fire. I read elsewhere that Romford were bought out by Markits so I don't know. Markits want £2 per axle but Kernow have the out of stock Romfords for 84p per axle.....don't know whether to cancel the order. Wheels are rare these days. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2015 Whilst Bachmann wheels are a not bad quality item, I find their axles are not quite so good, varying in axle length and having a shallow cone profile. When using them I replace them on a better axle, such as the Alan Gibson variety, others are available. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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