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frickwg		#1 Posted : 20 June 2019 19:44:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/03/2014(UTC) Posts: 73 Location: CALIFORNIA, SAN CLEMENTE		Question on A Simple Maintenance Task (replace tires), on Marklin 36620 I have a Marklin 36620, a White DB 146.5. It needs new rubber tires. I have spares and have replaced them on other locos many times. But how to get to them on this unit? If I believe the exploded drawing, then I need to remove the car body, unscrew and set aside the circuit board, disassemble the gear box, drop the trucks to get to them. Is there a simpler way that I am missing? I looked and could not find a way to remove just the truck-frames. They are not connected to the couplers and loosened by removing a screw like other models. Willis, Willis.frick@cox.net


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TEEWolf		#2 Posted : 20 June 2019 22:42:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/06/2016(UTC) Posts: 2,465		RTFM page 36 https://static.maerklin....24c8c2ff231434541979.pdf Page 39 you see in the spare part list #18 Haftreifen (=traction tire), article #7153. Well yes you have to remove the boogie encasing (hopefully it is the correct English word for it). But you see it in the picture as well what to remove. But certainly not the complete body. But you need the correct tools, here the tweezer. I do have 6 different types of tweezers in my toolbox.
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frickwg		#3 Posted : 21 June 2019 22:46:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/03/2014(UTC) Posts: 73 Location: CALIFORNIA, SAN CLEMENTE		In English it is the truck frame, but how do I get it off????


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DaleSchultz		#4 Posted : 21 June 2019 23:02:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2006(UTC) Posts: 3,997		I don't have such a loco but looking t the link TEEWolf provided, it looks like the bogeys just clip off downwards.
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TEEWolf		#5 Posted : 22 June 2019 00:53:07(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/06/2016(UTC) Posts: 2,465		Originally Posted by: frickwg In English it is the truck frame, but how do I get it off???? I would do as @DaleSchultz wrote in his post. Perhaps you take a fine small screw driver to press the small plastic nub from this plastic part on top in this dash lined field 17 out of this truck frame at the bottom of field 17. All these parts must be detached as you see in the drawing. Then you got to the axles with the traction tires (#18). But before remove the bogie from the loco by seperating the casing from the frame. Both are fixed together by a screw. Probabely this screw is #6 in the drawing. There I do not have your loco I cannot test it. But just try and I think you do it by yourself easily. At the explosion drawing it looks like that Märklin does as much as possible using plastic clipping parts for its start-up locos instead mounting and fixing parts with screws. Because I do not see many screws at this rear driving unit. So all parts has to be clipped together. It is one of the new and simple constructed hobby loco, which have a good price/perfomance ratio and overall, it cannot be difficult to dismantle the loco.
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H0		#6 Posted : 22 June 2019 11:47:35(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,262 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: TEEWolf [...] and overall, it cannot be difficult to dismantle the loco. Buy such a loco and replace the traction tyre yourself. It can be hard the first time, but there'll be a steep learning curve. When you take the truck frame off, then the cardan shaft #15 can (and usually will) fall out of place. Can be prevented by holding the truck in place. Pay attention to the wheel sliders when putting the wheelset back in place.
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TEEWolf		#7 Posted : 22 June 2019 17:37:44(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/06/2016(UTC) Posts: 2,465		Originally Posted by: H0 Originally Posted by: TEEWolf [...] and overall, it cannot be difficult to dismantle the loco. Buy such a loco and replace the traction tyre yourself. It can be hard the first time, but there'll be a steep learning curve. When you take the truck frame off, then the cardan shaft #15 can (and usually will) fall out of place. Can be prevented by holding the truck in place. Pay attention to the wheel sliders when putting the wheelset back in place. Always simply delightful to criticize instead of helping the asking member by sharing your knowledge and experience. Thank you. I will do. Oh, perhaps I do have a similar one already. Last night I found a loco BR 185 070-0 from the starter-set 29841 in my railroad yard. Looks similar to the BR 146.5 (36620) Or it will be the BR 147.5 (36638) I am waiting for the new IC 2. But I did and do not have to change traction tyres. So why shall I dismantle it as well? Never change a running system.
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H0		#8 Posted : 24 June 2019 01:10:17(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,262 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: TEEWolf Always simply delightful to criticize instead of helping the asking member by sharing your knowledge and experience. Thank you. I only have the older versions of the TRAXX loco with the small PCB and thus I do not know if the larger PCB makes replacing the tyres more difficult, but I think it does not. The drawing in the manual that shows how to remove the body is simply wrong - it is for the plastic body TRAXX locos, not the metal body TRAXX locos. The drawing that shows how to replace the tyres leaves many questions. I've helped several users to replace the tyres on their TRAXX locos. It's not uncommon that people try, but are scared off. The model was introduced in 2004. A manual with useful drawings that explains how to replace tyres is somewhat overdue. Until then it can be difficult to replace tyres on this Märklin model.
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