Looking for a small replacement part

[BlightyExPat]

Hoping someone can offer me a suggestion as to how/where I might find a very small item (securing pin) I've lost on my Bachmann Class 08 loco.

I am aware that I can purchase the entire wheelset but that's a bit of an overkill.

I believe it has to specifically be a Bachmann part as I also have a Hornby version of the same loco but that has smaller securing pins.

[atom3624]

Older Hornby locomotives had larger crank pins / hex headed screws - not sure if they fit?

Al.

[Fazy]

Simple, look on the Bachmann spares site? It’s down for a couple of days for maintenance but should be back up come Monday. Or give them a ring. Look for the spares department phone number on their Main website. Yes they have two websites.

[atom3624]

I replied thinking you may have been there.

Bachmann have spares for almost anything - should find the part there.

They reply to emails, so you can email them as well - service has always been excellent.

Al.

[P-Henny]

The previously suggested spares site:

https://bachmann-spares.co.uk/

In the days before the site above existed, Like others, I too have found getting unlisted Bachmann spares via a telephone call to Bachmann Customer Services exemplary.

[Rana Temporia]

It’s probably a metric M threaded bolt if Bachmann can’t supply it (unlikely). If you have a friendly engineer with some miniature metric dies you can get them to check what size it is using one of the others and order some off various websites. One of my work colleagues did some for me off some 1960s continental locos and I was able to get everything I needed off eBay for pennies rather than pay inflated prices for ‘genuine’ parts which were simply M nuts and bolts between 1 and 2mm.

The convention for metric screws, bolts etc. is M and a number so M2 is 2mm diameter, you just need to know if it’s coarse, medium or fine threads.

Tri-ang, Hornby Dublo etc used BA threads and again dies are available to check what they are. There are several charts with the nearest metric equivalent to drill clearance and tapping holes but you need the correct BA taps, nuts and bolts.

[ntpntpntp]

Have you tried asking on a Bachmann related group? Someone may have a spare or already know exactly what size hex bolt is needed.