New venture - fast ?

[traindaddy1]

Well, the 'train bug' has taken another bite. Aside from playing with my trains, I have started a new venture "restoration" and quite honestly have not paid attention to previous posts on this subject so please bear with me.

I just got a Lionel 6457 caboose and have successfully replaced the interior light (no small task for this not-to-handy "older" guy) and now am focusing on the roller pick-up on the truck.

It is in pretty bad shape.  Qustion: Before I mess it up, how would you suggest that I clean it?

As always, thanks for your help.

[kpolak]

Dousing the roller pin with CRC contact cleaner, WD-40, or denatured alcohol.  Roll it around, and spray/rinse until the liquid comes out clean. 

The roller face can be cleaned with scotchbrite and denatured alcohol, or a brass wire wheel on the Dremel.

Kurt

[thor]

Dousing the roller pin with CRC contact cleaner, WD-40, or denatured alcohol.  Roll it around, and spray/rinse until the liquid comes out clean. 

The roller face can be cleaned with scotchbrite and denatured alcohol, or a brass wire wheel on the Dremel.

Kurt

If using a brass wire wheel on a Dremel PLEASE wear safety glasses if you don't normally use specs! I say this with feeling - ouch! - because mine tend to shed wires and one of them stuck in my lower eyelid. Dremel ought to make more noise on their packages about the safe maximum rotation speed with their various accessories, especially those brushes and some of the grinding stones. The nature of Dremelling(?) is that one tends to be working close up and every one I've ever owned has had its speed control go bad within a few months so it only runs flat out.

[jefelectric]

Sometimes it is just easier and less painful to replace parts like that than to spend a lot of time and still not have a usable item.  If you need a source for parts just ask on this forum.

[traindaddy1]

Kurt: Thanks. I'll try.    Thor: Excellent point.    John: You just may be right!