Changing wheels on MTH

Clem if you can find a non-powered unit from MTH that would work for you

I agree with Jeff on this one. I have a couple of non-powered units and they have the axle gears in place, just no idler gears on the sides which you could yank from a powered unit truck.

Hi Jeff

Yes it will, I have done that in the past with 2/3 rail trucks, once I get my wheel puller I should probably look for some railking non power. Thanks for the encouragement on my fixed pilot conversion, the sd40-2 is a challenge but I did get all six done. Much better locomotives now. I don't now why MTH doesn't help with these projects. all i need is the parts.

Clem

Because MTH doesn't want to support model railroaders, only toy train purchasers.  They make no secret of it.

 rdunniii~ You might be right, but they do they make scale trains,fixed pilots, kadee mounts, and 2 rail?

Clem

They do for certain items.  Not for everything.  And they do make the wheelsets available to 2-rail a floating pilot model or 3-rail a fixed pilot model.  But if you want to change from floating to fixed pilots you're SOL.  They will not support that.  They have made that quite clear in their policies.

Like Lionel they will only make certain parts available on a replacement basis where you have to send them the one you want replaced first and they will only replace it with the exact same thing.