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<p>[quote user="garya"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">BMMECNYC</div> <div class="quote-content"> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">garya</div> <div class="quote-content">FWIW, 33" Intermountain wheelsets work just fine in Accurail cars. I have bunches of Accurail 40' boxcars, and I used Proto 2000 metal wheels until I ran out, so I bought a bulk pack of 100 Intermountain wheelsets.<strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">If you want to use these in everything, that's fine.</span></strong></div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>This statement implies that you can use intermountain wheelsets in any HO car.  When you said everything, the OP may actually think you mean <em>everything.</em></p> <p>If you were to say everything made by Accurail, I would not disagree.  I have had 0 issues putting intermountain wheelsets in Accurail cars.  </p> <p>I should have been more specific as to why I was making the comment in the original post.  </p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p><img style="display:inline;" alt="Sigh" /> Fair enough.  How about, "if you want to use these in everything you own, that's fine."  Or "if you want to use 33" wheels in everything, that's fine." <br /><br /></p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>As stated above.</p> <p>[quote user="SeeYou190"]</p> <p>0.017" sound small, but it is almost one half of a millimeter, and is noticeable, and in HO scale it will effect perfomance.</p> <p>.</p> <p>+/- 0.002" should be your goal.</p> <p>.</p> <p>Try to find a good used Mitotoyo or Central dial caliper in a pawn shop, and learn how to use it.</p> <p>.</p> <p>0-6" will do almost everything you need in the hobby.</p> <p>.</p> <p>-Kevin</p> <p>.</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>But since everything he already has uses 33" wheels, it probably would not hurt to acquire enough for his accurail cars and try them in the passenger car.  If they dont work, nothing is lost, because you just put them in the freight cars.</p> <p>33s on the IHC cars may actually make it easier to body mount the couplers (or it might not).</p> <p>If the cars are designed by 36" wheels, you'll end up shiming the car up which can be a pain (again I understand Steven only has Accurail and the IHC cars, so this should not be an issue at this time).</p> <p>I would concur that a set of dial calipers is not a bad thing to have around if you will be doing a lot of this type of work.  Mitutoyo is a good brand if you can find them inexpenisively.  Precision measuring tools can represent a sizeable investment, I would not recommend a plastic one, as you will find yourself replacing it with metal later.</p> <p>I bought a Starrett for myself, but Ive used both at work.</p> <p> </p>
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