geochoice Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi. Can anyone give me some advice please? Bought a Hornby 060 shunter DCC Fitted, came from a set and worked ok a first. Not been run for a couple of weeks and now I am building new layout it is not keen to run. It seems to lose contact even on test track, there is some play between the track and when I move it I seem to e contact and it will run, stop it and it won't start again? Even on a straight test track. Am I missing some adjustments here please? Ideas? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog RJ Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Try cleaning the track and wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geochoice Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Rog (RJ) said: Try cleaning the track and wheels. The test track is all brand new, cleaning the wheels? take body off the best way? new to this, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 No, this is the best way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geochoice Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 poliss said: No, this is the best way. Thanks for that, have cleaned wheels and lubricated loco and seems more consistent now. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geochoice Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 geochoice said: Thanks for that, have cleaned wheels and lubricated loco and seems more consistent now. Cheers Have given the wheels good cleaning, lubricated it, spoken nicely to it but still it is inconsistent at running, it seems to lose contact and by wiggling it left and right on track it makes again, it is as if the wheels are too wide as it is quite sloppy on the rials. Ideas anyone please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geochoice Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Well, despite taking the body off the chassis, cleanin the wheels and contacts to the wheels the shunter persists in erratic behaviour. As I said earlier by twisting the chassis it seems to help contactand off it goes. Almost like the wheel width is too narrow ?? Can anyone help with sugestions please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Twist which way? Side to side or up and down? Are the contacts touching the wheels properly? Turn it upside dwn and have a very close look. The distance between the wheels should be 14.4mm +/- 0.05mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geochoice Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 poliss said: Twist which way? Side to side or up and down? Are the contacts touching the wheels properly? Turn it upside dwn and have a very close look. The distance between the wheels should be 14.4mm +/- 0.05mm. Side to Side, checked the contacts to inside of the wheels, all seem good, will check wheel dims tomorrow, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Apart from getting the wheel back-to-backs right, I've found that the chassis of some cheaper 0-4-0 and 0-6-0 locos aren't straight and so some wheels aren't in contact with the rails. Consequently, the slightest instance of bad contact leads to stalls or rough running at low speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonystrains Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 HI. I have the same problem with the same 0-6-0 shunter. It is obviously a manufacturing fault. I wonder what Hornby have to say about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geochoice Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 tonyang said: HI. I have the same problem with the same 0-6-0 shunter. It is obviously a manufacturing fault. I wonder what Hornby have to say about this. I have just submitted an enquiry to Hornby and will report any findins here, I am somewhat releived that it is not just my loco at fault. I will defer any more Hornby purchases until this is resolved as confidence is somewhat dented in their products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 My class 08 was a bag of bones when I recieved it. It had been DCC chipped by a hamfisted shop owner and then given to me as a present. The chip was hard wired and touching the chassis, the wires were in two cases dry jointed. After fixing that it still played up. Then found that the wheel contacts wre not making contact when the axles moved laterally, stripped down and and reshaped them. After it ran but still stopped at odd times. Then found that the chassis is slightly twisted. After that I lost interest in it and will at sometime attempt to de twist it. Note this was a Railroad version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I think it is just the train set 0-4-0s and 0-6-0s that are the problem. My initial Mixed Freight purchase seemed like good value but now I'm not so sure. Apart from a failed decoder which doesn't work in reverse and no replacement in sight after more than 6 months, both locos run erratically. This hasn't been a problem with large Railroad and detail locos or smaller (0-4-2) ones of higher quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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