Merry Christmas To All:
This is the continuing tale of hard wiring my HO steam locomotive to dcc.
After getting my MEHANO 2-8-2 Mikado steam locomotive from the presidents choice train sets of the 1990’s hard wired to dcc and running, I noticed the loco wobbles side to side quite violently now. A little research suggested perhaps the wheels were out of quarter.
The standard position for wheel quartering are 6 and 9 o’clock. Or 12 and 3 depending which way you are looking at the steam engine.
To my horror, I saw the wheels were set to 6 and 3, not 6 and 9.
I have all 11 presidents choice, (PC), train sets with a couple extra. One of those extras is a second Mikado. Its wheels are also set to 6 and 3. And it to has quite the wobble.
I looked at a couple other PC steam engines and there wheels are set to 6 and 9. They ran smoother.
Then I pull out the 4-6-2 Pacific Express. Wheels are quartered at 6 and 3 and runs as smooth as can be with no wobble.
My question: do the wheels need to be quartered to 6 and 9 or do they just need to be quartered.
Kind regards and Happy New Year,
Max
