One of my scale polar express passenger cars has a clicking sound that comes from the truck area. I think it may be car 6-25578 but at this point I am not certain (mixed up the boxes). I assume all the heavyweight trucks are the same.
I have looked at the wheels closely, flipped the car over and spun the wheels... I still cannot figure out what is clicking.
Anyone experience this? any suggestions?
Thanks
Bill
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it looks like the side frame on one side of these trucks is very close to the wheels on the end of each truck. wheels could be rubbing on end of side frame casting
also oil your axels on each end.
May be a bit obvious, but is the collector roller free? A little tv tuner cleaner or CRC 2-26 may be all it needs.
When I get a clicking sound, there is usually a small piece of dirt/debris on the center pickup roller.
Are you sure it's not clicking over a rail joint? That's common on many of my cars with pick up rollers.
Rod Miller
Don't forget these trucks are sprung so it could be wear on the moving side frames of the truck.
romiller49 posted:Are you sure it's not clicking over a rail joint? That's common on many of my cars with pick up rollers.
Rod Miller
Definitely something to test for. On my Amtrak Auto-Train video, some of the loudest noises coming from it are the pickup rollers on the Superliners clicking over the rail joints. The train becomes noticeably quieter once the autoracks on the rear are passing the camera.
---PCJ
Thank you for all the help!
I wedged the pickup roller up and the sound was gone! The roller didn't seem to make a sound when I spun it by hand. I ended up spreading the carrier slightly added a drop of CRC and placed it back on the the track. The clicking is gone! I assume the roller was rubbing on the side of the carrier since the roller was oiled a few times already.
Very minor problem, but it was annoying to hear and think that I couldn't fix that it!
Thanks
Bill
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