Hi James,

I just checked the parts manual, and the drive rods are all screwed on to the drive wheels. I don't know of any Marklin loco with drive rods rivited to the wheels.

Brian.

mm, perhaps they are just pressed in the wheels. the rods of the center axle of the S10 in the kaiser wilhelm set are not screwed but pressed into the wheels. to remove them you have to grab them firmy and then pull. i have used an old surgical clamp to do it. but it seems not very wise to use such configuration in the axle that have the tractions tire.....

Hi James,

Looking at the Marklin exploded diagram for your loco, there are definitely screws shown. I have also looked at the high resolution photos on Frits Osterthun's pages which show the 36240 very clearly with screws on the coupling rods.

Look here:

http://www.osterthun.com...atic/01.Static~20-24.htm

and here:

http://www.maerklin.de/s...&artikelnummer=36240

From your photo above it appears to me that the screw heads may have become damaged, perhaps by having the wrong size spanner used on them?

Perhaps it's best to show the loco to your dealer. Maybe he can suggest a solution.

Thanks for the help guys.

The only thing that I can think of is that if there are bolts (screws or otherwise) on this little locomotive, then they are either the press on type or they have been sheered off at the factory end. Either way... I'm not impressed. I've spoken to my dealer regarding this, and all I get is a sort of "what do you want me to do about it" attitude.

Sadly, for now, this item will be going on to the back burner or as a provision for the odd youngster who wants to "run" my trains, and I guess, if I want to have this lok or any representative of it's class on my layout, I will have to look into retrofitting one of my older analogue units.

This is just another reason why I have never thought much of the China connection Marklin entered into a few years back.

Anyway... thanks again for all of the help here. I guess I just got burned, and for future reference, I'll just have to remember to check out the construction of any of the items "Made in China"

Hello All:

I just checked out the Bull Frog site and it has definite possibilities

There is one thing though, Marklin drivers that require tires are machined to allow for the rubber tire to fit somewhat flush. If this product were to be used, it might require a couple of applications to be a viable solution. If it does work, then, I for one, would say goodbye to Marklin tires... at least in the case of the BR 24



Thanks for the suggestion

Regards
James B