Where can I fine drive wheel parts

Well, firstly, few manufacturers keep parts these days - the cost of warehousing (mostly paperwork) is just too great. IOW, the odds are against you.

Secondly, without a brand name and model number, no one here can tell whether such parts are available for your loco.

IMO, you best bet is to figure out to make your own replacement part. Depending on the brand, an 0-80 or 00-90 screw night fit, but you might have to cut it short.

Good luck.

wolf k.

Or go to "that auction place" to see if you can find a parts donor...

fl@liner

On 2/6/2009 2:19 PM Karl P Anderson spake thus:

Would help to know what kinds of engines; I assume you're talking about steam locomotives, right? Who made them?

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I believe both Bachmann and Con-Cor has (had) a parts list on their websites. Bachmann items have a lifetime guarantee. Mail the item with a check and they repair or replace it.

Bill Bill's Railroad Empire N Scale Model Railroad:

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And the clear rubber bands are traction tires. Very useful on some engines that don't pull very well without slipping their drivers. Some really need them, some don't.

fl@liiner

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Karl, these are "traction tires", which increase tractive effort (haulage capacity). In my experience, the increase in tractive effort rarely compensates for the bad effects. I haven't seen this engine run, but most engines with traction tires have a more or less pronounced waddle, rather like a inebriated duck.

"USRA 0-6-0 switcher". A "train set quality" engine. Listed at $56, street price is around $35. Bachmann has upgraded this model a couple of times (at least) since first issued, but AFAIK, the drive-rod pins on all of them are plastic. IMO, replacing the pins with a small machine screws (0-80 or 00-90) is feasible, but fiddly.

The days of warehousing small, low-cost parts are pretty well over. You'll note that Bachmann's parts list is very short (URL below). There's a reason for that.

A brick and mortar hobby sh> I believe both Bachmann and Con-Cor has (had) a parts list on their

ConCor doesn't have a parts list on its website. Bachmann's N scale parts list:

Cheers,

wolf k.

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Con-Cor's N scale parts page:

Bill

I made a pin for a friend's engine a few years ago. It was just a push fit in the plastic driver center. If you have a small lathe, it's a simple task. Think about getting a lathe if you don't have one. You might be able to file a pin from a piece of rod in an electric drill. Wolf's suggestion of using a small machine screw might do it, too.

On 2/8/2009 9:40 AM snipped-for-privacy@mtholyoke.edu spake thus:

I really doubt if most people asking to find a replacement pin are going to be inclined to get, and learn how to use, a lathe.

I still say this is better and more succinctly stated as

Good, cheap, quick: pick any two.

You're belaboring the point.

On 2/9/2009 4:01 PM snipped-for-privacy@mtholyoke.edu spake thus:

I don't understand how *I* have gotten through life so far without one.

Someday I'd like to have one ...

Probably true. They might then become model engineers instead of model railroaders. I just don't understand how anyone can get through life without owning a lathe.

Yes. OK.