[modeleng] Re: Valve Gear Modifications
- From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:02:11 +0000
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
>From: "Pendragon" <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cliff
>
>On the majority of Brittish locomotives the right hand crank pin leads
>the left by 90 Deg which is the way round I've got them and in any case
>if they were the opposite way round the engine should still run and run
>correctly except that the left hand wheels would be in advance of the
>right hand ones by 90 Deg.....just think of the two sides of the loco
>comprising of two separate engines each individually timed and
>independent of the other one............now if your talking three
>cylinder conjucated valve gear then................
>Regards,
>
>IP
>
>Priest & Sons Model Engineers
>http://www.kinvermes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:modeleng-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clif Walker
>Sent: 05 December 2004 17:29
>To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [modeleng] Re: Valve Gear Modifications
>
>
>HI,
>You havn't by chance got the standard Winson problem of the wheels in
>the wrong way round.? This may sound daft but their instuctions never
>seem to state which side the leading crankpin should be on.
>
>Regards
>
>Clif
>
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