I think the car is a 26240 from 2000 rather than the 9767. The former has an all-black "X" logo, while the latter's logo was red and blue. Even so, the 2000 catalog picture shows the latest version with a "9700" number on the side, implying that it was similar to the 9700-series cars produced by Lionel from 1972-82. If so, the same trucks used on the 9767 should work on your car.
The parts list for the 9767 can be found here - http://www.lionel.com/Products/ProductNavigator/_ServiceDocuments/Supplement1to9/19750.pdf
Olsen's ( http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/ ) has the trucks under P/N 610-9150-501 for $4.50 each (you might want to get two to ensure a match).
The part you are looking for is a 9150-50 coupler truck. Some dealers will also list a 9150-50A or 9150-50B or such to offer used or repro trucks, but they all perform the same function.
A google search on "9150-50" will lead you to many parts dealers, names which you will recognize from previous posts in this forum.
To mount it, I think you will need a CP-58 or 485-16 Pivot Stud. You may want to look around to see which is more like yours.
Your trucks should look like these, but with the coupler bar:
Rob
Tim, to remove the truck it's best to remove the body from the frame (it's probably held on by a tab or two on one side and a screw on the other) to avoid damaging it. Then there'll be an eyelet (a form of rivet) holding the truck to the frame. Find a drill bit that's a little smaller than the head but too big to fit inside the body of the eyelet, and use it to drill the eyelet out. Work slowly. It's a lot easier than it sounds.
To hold the new truck on, you can buy an eyelet setting tool and eyelets at a craft, leatherworking, or scrapbook store. A box of 50 eyelets will cost about a dollar and the tool will cost about $5. If you only have one car to work on, it'll be cheaper to go to the hardware store and buy a bolt and a stopnut (it has a nylon insert in it to resist working its way loose). The nut and bolt will cost less than a dollar. You want the grip on the truck to be tight enough that you don't get wobble, but not so tight that the truck can't pivot. I usually put a little bit of grease on the top of the truck before I attach it so the truck can turn even if I get it a little too tight.
If you've only got one car with a problem and don't anticipate having to fix up very many more, I'd go the nut and bolt route. If you're like me and enjoy buying cars with problems and fixing them up, you might want to go ahead and get the eyelets and the tool. A dollar for a nut and bolt isn't bad but it's hard to beat the economy of 2-cent eyelets.
Also, I looked at the picture of a 9767 in my Greenberg book. The trucks are really hard to see in the picture, but the trucks on the other cars from the same time period on that page look like the same trucks in production today, so if you ask for a current-production Lionel or K-Line truck, I think it might be a close enough match. Bob, what do you think?
Bob Nelson
I have a broken truck on my boxcar it is a lionel 0-27 boxcar I got from a train show about 5 years ago. There are a lot of different ones on ebay and I don't know which one I need. If there is someone that is familiar with Lionel part numbers or would like to sell me one that would be great. In the picture it is the rear truck. Also how do I go about replacing it. How does the old one come off?
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