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I am just hopeful that they sell well enough to justify future runs in other schemes.
I was able to re-gauge the wheelsets using a small gear puller. To keep the the gear properly aligned I pulled both wheelsets out by the same amount. To make sure there was still good contact between the electric wipers and wheel backs I bent the wipers out slightly.This procedure can be done without disassembling the model. Pop off the sideframes/gear cover by unlatching one of the ends. It will then lift off. Then remove the wheelsets and re-gauge them. Bent the pickup strips out then put the wheelsets back into the truck's frame while also carefully tucking the contact strips behind the wheels. Once the wheelsets are correctly positioned snap the sideframes/gear cover back onto the truck's frame.
Is this the vaunted NWSL small gear puller? where did you get that thing @peteski ? C'mon, spill!
I have one just like that, although I almost never use it because the jaw edges (the things that grab behind the wheel) usually turn out to be too thick to get behind a wheel on a loco frame, and if I have to remove the wheelset, I'd rather use the NWSL puller.
Out of curiosity Max, which NWSL puller do you use. The 45-4? They have more than one...and I'm in the market.Thanks, Otto
I just bought this for a puller:http://www.ebay.com/itm/221805904941?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITI currently have one just like it, but without the sliding bottom plate.