I may have some wheel sets that are out of guage, I purchased a NMRA guage to check. If they are, how do I fix them?
lot of variables on that like who made them what material , age ect. best way it to replace them.
If they 'slide' on the axles, you can re-gauge them. If they are a shouldered fit, replacement is the only real option.
I generally use I-M wheels. I have gone through 4 bulk packs of a hundred so far, and not one defective wheel set!
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
Jim, do you mean Intermountain?
I can vouch for Intermountain wheels, I'm use them on everything as well.
As for adjusting out-of-guage wheels, you technically want to twist them back into guage, either in or out. I've had to do this with Proto and Kadee Wheels (usually because I was a klutz and knocked them out to begin with).
Modeling whatever I can make out of that stash of kits that takes up half my apartment's spare bedroom.
If you're moving wheels along the axles, remember that you need to worry about centering the, too, in addition to just getting them into guage.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Yup, I-M like printed on the bulk pack boxes...
I has some Ertl cars with their bas trucks and wheels, Intermountain even fixed those!
Intermountain is a producer of wheelsets. You also want to consider the size of the wheels based on the age of freight cars. Some don't care about 33" vs. 36 types.
Great discussion here about the different wheels: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/p/181162/1983157.aspx
Best,
Lee