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Whom is using roller bearing wheels on their rolling stock?

 

Which ones are you using?  ( I don't want to know why your not using brand X)  I Just want to know what brand works best for you.

 

Do you have a link to your supplier?

John J,

 

 The only roller bearings  I use are on my battery cars. I don't think it would make to much difference on rolling stock.

I think some power graphite on the axle ends helps. I lubed all the axles when I changed over to metal wheels and they roll

pretty good. Oh I use San - Val wheels  they are a little stiff at first but they loosen up after some running.

I had to custom build a set of trucks for a dummy engine. I found it was easy to rigid mount the outside axles and let the middle ones loose for cornering and unlevel track riding in grooves. So the fixed outside axles are roller bearing and the dummy rolls better than any other car I own!!

 Joe

I use Aristo Craft ball berrings in many of my Accucraft cars.  I remove the brass bushing ans the ball beering just slips in.

 

Stan Ames

 

The guy in Aurora: http://www.gbtrain.com 

 

I've met him at various shows, nice guy and knowledgable.

 

Regards, Greg

FWIW to anyone, The guy from colorado, GB trains, or whatever, I heard last spring that there were serious health

problems with either hinself or his wife... No idea whether that was true, or whether the situation has resolved

itself or not... He didn't come to the show at York this year, and that was the reason given me by Harry Hartman..

I use the LGB wheels when I need electrical P/U, and the GB bearings for heavy cars... Mark, using any of these

BB wheels in a wet environment is definately a no-no...

Paul R...

I have used the San Vals on several cars.  On Aristo Streamliners, I had a problem with the truck side frames dragging on switches because the wheels have a smaller diameter than the OEM.   They work fine on freight cars.  Mostly, they are used on heavy cars like a battery car.   Another approach I have used is to drill and insert Aristo truck BBs.  It requires drilling out the journal with a 15/64 drill.  The three auto carriers I ran at Marty's have had their trucks outfitted with the BBs.  The third variation I use is Aristo factory BB trucks.  As said above, the BB trucks are not as good as individually rotating wheels, but do create a significant improvement of non-BB trucks.

 

JimC.

JJ,

 

I'm not sure you have made the distinction obvious..........Roller Bearing (much more expensive than Ball bearing).

 

I have done this on one car many years ago, the roller bearings were mounted in the  journals of metal trucks.

 

The roller bearings were $4.00 each (in 1992).

 

Barry - BBT