N scale Con-cor S-2 pilot issues

[Sodj]

I bought an S2 at the train show in Ogden Utah and the pilot trucks were flipped around in the case for many years. This bent the pilot in a funny direction so now the pilot touches the track and lifts the engine off the tracks a little. Any ideas as to how to fix a bent pilot? If it needs to be replaced, where would I find parts for it? 

[BRAKIE]

Are you sure you have a Alco S2 and not the SW1500 or the MP15? 

I been in or around  N Scale since '68 and never heard of Con-Cor making a S-2. Atlas makes a N Scale S-2.

["JaBear"]

You’re far too modern, Larry.  I think that the OP is referring to this locomotive.

 

http://www.spookshow.net/loco/concors2.html

 

I see that they either had a brass or zinc alloy chassis, but I don’t know if the pilots are made from the same materials, either way I don’t think that you have much to lose by trying to straighten the bent pilot. (Easy for me to say!!) What I would suggest that having removed the pilot, you place it in the sun to get it warm, before attempting the task.

 

Good luck,

Cheers, the Bear.

[BRAKIE]

D'oh!  I was thinking  a Alco S-2 switcher. I alway heard those 4-8-4s called Con-Cor Northerns just 4-8-4s.

["JaBear"]

Not to worry, Larry, nothing like a “senior moment”, and I don’t have an excuse!!!

Sodj

If it needs to be replaced, where would I find parts for it? 

Had another look on the interweb, and I think I’d be asking Con-Cor the question…

https://www.con-cor.com/shop/n-gs4-4-8-4-pilot-truck-whited-rimmed/

Cheers, the Bear.

[Sodj]

JaBear is correct, it is the steam loco, and (probably) the 1986 version that Spook mentions (sale price was $156 and it came in some nigh-impossible-to-get-it-out foam padding.) For clarity, it's not the truck but the entire cowcatcher assembly above it that is the problem. Said assembly is plastic in its entirety, so you may be onto something in regards to leaving it in the sun for a bit. At least a cursory search on the con-cor site shows no signs of the needed parts, but I'll keep looking. For clarity, it's not the truck but the entire cowcatcher assembly above it that is the problem.

["JaBear"]

Ok, then perhaps the delicate application of warm / hot water, patience, and gentle persuation may work better.

Good luck,

Cheers, the Bear.

[herrinchoker]

Delicate application of a hair dryer to heat??

herrinchoker

["JaBear"]

herrinchoker

Delicate application of a hair dryer to heat??

That’s where lots of patience is required. I’ve borrowed her-in-doors hair dryer several times, and once, due to my lack of patience, had a blob of expensive plastic as the end result.

 

However, I’ve had several “wins” so judicious use of a hairdryer does work, BUT I can’t understate PATIENCE!

Cheers, the impatient Bear.