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Flat Spots on Wheels

  • Now that W.I.L.D. (wheel impact load detectors), have come into use, has there been a decrease of the number and severity of bad wheels in your area??
    Doug Hately
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  •  cprnut wrote:
    Now that W.I.L.D. (wheel impact load detectors), have come into use, has there been a decrease of the number and severity of bad wheels in your area??

    I dont think they will decrease the number, severity maybe.

    All it takes to make a flat spot is a forgotten handbrake, sometimes going into emergency, etc.

    Mechanical Department  "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."

    The Missabe Road: Safety First

     

  • hand brakes sticking brakes and for engines to much dynamic braking to slide a wheel. will cause flat spots. also applying the independant and slide the wheels. these detectors wont stop these things from happening just alerts when you have a bad wheel.
  • Has anyone made a video showing how railroaders and non-railroaders using the hand brakes improperly is causing the flat spots?

    The shots where they push cars without fully releasing brakes would be jarring.

    Such a video will be both entertaining and informative, especially if it is done with hidden video cameras.Mischief [:-,]Disapprove [V]

    Andrew

     

     

    Andrew

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  •  Andrew Falconer wrote:

    Has anyone made a video showing how railroaders and non-railroaders using the breaks improperly is causing the flat spots?

    Such a video will be both entertaining and informative, especially if it is done with hidden video cameras.Mischief [:-,]Disapprove [V]

    Andrew

     

     

    Its not really that at all. Anyone can forget about a handbrake and flat spot a wheel.

    Mechanical Department  "No no that's fine shove that 20 pound set all around the yard... those shoes aren't hell and a half to change..."

    The Missabe Road: Safety First

     

  • I think perhaps you mean BRAKES not BREAKS or maybe you do. In the latter case, the flat spots would most likely be on the hind end.
  • What about those crazy greasers Angry [:(!] !

    Since the NS went to the soey based grease in their track side wheel flange greasers I think the amount of flatspots have increase some.

    I'm all for protecting the enviroment and everything but that soey grease  Disapprove [V] ,man that stuff stinks .

    Collin ,operator of the " Eastern Kentucky & Ohio R.R."