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Having read the discussion in the "Replacement wheels ..." thread another problem springs to mind in replacing IHC/ Rivarrossi wheelsets. <br /> <br />If you simply replace the plastic 33" wheelsets [xx(] with more prototypical 36" - the car rides too high. Firstly, it looks odd as the roof profile is obviously too high compared to other cars. Secondly as the couplers are on the trucks you would have to end up adjusting the coupler height as well with an over centre coupler. Alternatively you could start cutting away the molded on boss on the car floor and replacing it like Andy Sperandeo did in his MR article a while back, this seemed like a whole lotta work to me .... <br /> <br />.... so in the end I replaced the truly horrid plastic wheels with Kadee 33" freight car wheels and haven't looked back.[^]
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