Hornby Minitrix coaches

[guest3939]

 
I have been running a number of these coaches without problems until now.

One of the coaches detached the wheel bogies fitted to the underside.  The problem is clearly that the retaining screw which holds the bogey carriage in place under the coach body no longer does its job.  It is either not quite long enough or more likely the thread is worn and hole it goes into is a wee bit to big.

I have been unable to locate 2 larger screws to try to sort out.

[b]Does anybody know where I could purchase/obtain 2 screws to try to fix?

Or does anybody have any idea on how to fix.[/b]

I have rejected the idea of gluing in as then one could not remove to get inside the carriage and it could stop the bogey moving to allow wheels to follow track plus I have lights fitted inside which need battery replacements every so often so making a permanent job would not do.

This may seem like a very small problem but any help/ideas would really be appreciated.

I repeat that the coach is a "HORNBY MINITRIX N GAUGE - N 308 BR MAROON COMPOSITE BRAKE COACH M21240"

[Dorsetmike]

You can get all sizes of BA nuts and bolts and washers on Ebay,  cement the nut in place, so you don't need to take the roof off when/if you want to remove the bogie at a later date.