Thanks for the how too. Learned the hard way to repair these. After waiting 4 months to get 2 new units back from athearn for loose truck wires. I did a video a few months ago on replacing scale trains trucks and wheelsets. !👍
Nice how to video. I have a couple old Genesis engines from old days and was contemplating whether to keep, after seeing this I think I'll clean them and weather them and use now. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the video. I've been wanting to look at the trucks of one AG loco I have but wasn't entirely sure how to go about it. I definitely didn't want learn the hard way as you say. 😀
I'm sorry it took so long to answer you I'm not 100% sure what your asking. If you're referring to the side to side swing of a loco then i don't know if i can help but will be happy to try
I bought 2 BNSF models of these a number of years ago,...both new ones. Only a couple of days ago I got them out to test on my new layout. They both derailed EXCESSIVELY,....on brand new engines from Genesis !! If I can't get satisfaction from Athearn, I may have to never buy another of their product,...defective design. Is there a possibility another truck product could be substituted??
@@usacitizen1000 well I thought the same thing for a long time. It could be a cut lever on a Kaydee cuppler it could be a lot of things but I will still say track work. I wasn't shur until I started taking slow motion footage and watching the derails that I realized that some trains have more up and down movement in the wheels and some have more of a flange on the wheel. A 2 mm flange in 1:87 translates to 1.5 inches when scaled up so if your train wheel move more than the flange height, I would be the same as if a real train jumped the rail at 2 inches.
Yes.A bit more involved than Athearn RTR/bluebox, but all Kato ,Atlas, Proto, Genesis, have exactly the same style,but once you understand how they disassemble, they become easy enough.
