J52 - tyres?

[Alessio]

I've just bought a Hornby J52 from ebay. It's lovely, I'm very pleased with it.

However, it appears to have traction tyres on the middle axel wheels, something which I don't remember my previous 6-wheelers having. The tyres are very worn down and seem to be disintegrating a bit.

 

Can I get replacement tyres, and how easy is it to fit them?

 

Cheers!

[Howbi]

Try...........http://www.petersspares.com/..............HB

[Alessio]

Thanks howbiman. Can anyone give me a part number or name for this?

Cheers

[dynax]

it could be L5716, what year of manufacture is it,

[Tony57]

 Hi

Can not find Service sheet for J52

Generic tyers for 0 6 0 is X8101 covers both DC & DCC chassis.

Tony

[dynax]

it depends on the model year, service sheet 139 shows as part no L5716, do you have the R number for it,

[Alessio]

Sorry, it's R2546. It's a 2006-2008 manufacture.

 

Thanks so much

 

[Alessio]

Sorry, it's R2546. It's a 2006-2008 manufacture.

 

Thanks so much

 

[Chrissaf]

In that case R2546 is Hornby Service Sheet 201 (clicking the link downloads in the background to your nominated download folder) and the traction tyres are part number X8101 (L6241 for a pack of 10) as per Tony's post.

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or Peter's Spares X8101

[Alessio]

Thank you so much everyone. That's a huge help.

[Alessio]

Ah. Next question: how do I remove the coupling rods to get the old tyres off, please?

 

Many thanks

[Chrissaf]

In my post on the previous page (2nd reply up from the bottom) I gave you a clickable link to the Hornby Service Sheet (HSS) 201 for this loco. If you look at that service sheet you will see that the connecting rods are held on by small threaded hex headed bolts. Unfortunately, the size for these bolts are not stated in the sheet, but my Hornby A4 loco has similar bolts holding on its connecting rods and a metric nut spinner of 2.5mm fits them perfectly.

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I purchased the 78040 Nutrunner (spinner) set made by Expo tools for the task of removing connecting rods (and other modelling tasks) and they are very good value for money, these are highly precision made and have crisp clean machined hex socket castings. The set includes the 2.5mm size. You need precision made tools when working with these small sizes, as cheaper tools can be a false economy due to rough imprecise castings that just slip too easily on the hex head.

[Chrissaf]

Just to add to above, that if you just want the 2.5mm nut spinner and not the full set, Expo do sell the different sizes individually. Here for example is the 78032 2.5mm size  however, I cannot guarantee that the 2.5mm size is the correct size for the J52 just because it fits my A4. But as they are both made by Hornby then there is a high probability that they use the same hex bolt sizes to save manufacturing costs.