[modeleng] Re: Valve Gear Modifications

  • From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 14:13:57 +0000

I don't know: it was part of the point of my starting the thread about 
balance weights at the weekend.

For a Winson Brit it is of no matter since it is outside cylindered and 
anyway the same wheel castings are used on both sides so the wheel sets are 
not handed.

>Can I just ask - if you have an inside cylindered loco, are the balance
>weights on the cranks inside the wheels there to balance out the motion of
>the connecting rods; and are the balance weights on the wheels there to
>balance out the motion of the COUPLING rods?
>
>Rich.
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Tim Rickard wrote:
> >
> > > Errm, sorry.
> > >
> > > It doesn't matter which round the wheels go on. Simple experiment will 
>show
> > > that the same crank will lead either way round.
> > >
> > > I even tried this morning to check


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