[modeleng] Re: Balance weights

  • From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 21:11:35 +1100

Nah Fingers - you missed the point - you don't turn the wheel upside down
AND turn it 180° you turn the wheel upside down OR turn it 180°
 Turning it upside down and 180° will bring it back to where it started


> I'm not at all convinced. I think it might need to be the mirror image
> because you turn the wheel upside down and turn it 180 when you put it on
> the otherside and in the same position when you put. If anyone looks at a
> fullsize loco soon I'd be glad if they'd check. I know all the castings
only
> come with one set of balance weight positions per axle but that doesn't
mean
> it is right.
>
> LNWR Coal Tank.
>
>
> >From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Looking at this very simplistically, just take the wheel off the right
hand
> >side and fit it to the left hand side, and all should be well. In other
> >words, the wheels are identical.
> >
> >(Thats the way I reckon it should be, and I am sure someone will correct
me
> >if I am wrong!
> >
> >Oh, and what loco is it?
> >alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
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