Bachmann Farish 158 problem

Now you have the perfect opportunity to learn some railway modelling. Its broke, right, so you can't break it.

So take it to bits and work out whats out of place then put it together as it should be. Or if some part is actually broken you can send it off to Bachmann for a replacement.

Keith

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Obviously, if you're not practically minded, return the unit to Bachmann.

If you remove the body of the unit then you should be able to check the drive-system by comparing one bogie against the other....could it be that the frame is just loose and needs to be clipped back??

Regards,

Colin.

Thanks for your replies. I have no doubt that the best course of action is to return the whole train for a refund - if it was out of guarantee then I would definitely consider getting it fixed somehow.

The point of the post was really to see whether this is a common occurrence on the Farish 158s. I also wondered if there is something I can do to to prevent a similar fate happening to my other bogie diesels. It was very strange how the fault developed, just going from good to bad in a few days of storage on a siding.

Why refund? If you like it so much why not ask them to fix it, or supply a replacement?

Lesson 1: "Life's like that, sometimes."

:-)

-- Brian "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you, but just because they are out to get you doesn't mean you have to make it easy for them."

"pluto" wrote

An interesting aside here - the Bachmann Chinese produced class 158s were assembled using parts manufactured by Grham Farish in the UK.

There were intrinsic problems with the original UK production, and I cannot see that the Chinese built ones will be much superior.

My recommendation would be to return the model to Bachmann and ask for them to repair it. This may take a little while but in theory you should get a hand-assembled (rather than production-line) model back from them.

It's probably the best option if you want an n-scale class 158.

John.

So it seems that if they were to repair it at the factory, the one they return would be the same train, with attention given to the drive shaft or whatever. This would have been tested by Bachmann at the factory.

If I understand what you are saying correctly, a repaired unit would probably be more reliable than a new unit. That is interesting : )

Thanks for the advice : )