Question: Lionel Prewar 4-wheel 805 box car.

The one on the right in your photo goes on top. The "open" hole/slot on the left in your photo goes on the underside.

PD

Hi PD if the close hole goes on the top would the notch on the shaft fall through and drop the whole thing down? Just a prewar car the has the brake wheel to verify this, just curious and than you for the quick relpry😊

@RonH I just checked my 805 and 806 and they both have the small hole on the top. Hope this helps.

Thank you Rich, I will follow this as just put the brake wheel on the shaft. Unable to do the crimp on a new piece of brass ride, so I will be soldering a ring of wire for this stop and will do the same on the chassis underside.

Just to let you know, I had to mount this with the large hole on top. Reason is that there are several type of brake wheel for this car and the on that I have is a two piece brake wheel plus the shaft. This has to be assembled with the shaft in (shaft has a bend by the brake wheel) the soldered on the bottom of the brake wheel. The I put the notch in and was unable to put the small hole in first as it would not pass the notch. Maybe Lionel put the notch on after the side support wad put on. Anyway it looks good and no one will notice.