I have been looking at some of my older locomotives and decided to replace some of the traction tires that are worn out. I replaced the tires on my V60 #3065 with no problem. When I tried to do my E18 #3024 I found that the new tires don't sit well in the groove. They almost seem too wide and so they don't go flat instead they are high on one side. I have tried to convince them they belong in the groove but they are not co-operating.

Is this a common problem or did I just do a bad job of fitting the tires on? Is the groove width fairly standard over the years?

Thanks
Darren

I replaced all the traction tires on my old locos, since most were rock hard. I took a small screwdriver and went over the tires all the way round to help them seat, that seemed to do the trick.

Also my experience is that you need to have the right size tires, smaller ones will stretch a bit but if they are too big, forget it. I checked, looks like the 3024 uses 7153 tires, is that what you are using?

-James

That's quite an issue really, which of the 715x tires are the right ones? On some loks the 7153 is really a tight stretch fit while 7152 is just that little bit too loose... Have made the same observation that one looks to fit but is not the right one as Darren has... Maybe we should make an x-ref table for it?

Geoff, as I see it - the newer loks are the ones with some hesitations of which tyre to use... It was easier in the older days when you had 3-4 sizes of wheels...

I think the 0733 is downloadable from the US marklin.com site too, at the "technical center" or whatever it is called nowadays...

PS,
from the photos we seem to have similar cats!!