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General Category => N Gauge Discussion => Topic started by: brbluewill on January 08, 2012, 07:53:07 PM

Title: slipping wheels
Post by: brbluewill on January 08, 2012, 07:53:07 PM
one of my dapol 14xx loco's wheels are slipping when i run it  ??? it does it even though it is pulling no carriages or wagons i have cleaned the wheels track etc but still it does this all other loco's run fine  ??? anybody any ideas how to remedy this please
Title: Re: slipping wheels
Post by: thos on January 09, 2012, 08:42:49 PM
It must be too high - is it missing a tyre?  If so, you could try bullfrog snot.
Title: Re: slipping wheels
Post by: brbluewill on January 09, 2012, 08:45:03 PM
they don't have tyres :'(
Title: Re: slipping wheels
Post by: thos on January 09, 2012, 09:36:42 PM
Have you stood it on a mirror?  That should enable you to see if there's a height problem.