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Hi Everyone. New to the forum and new to g scale railroading. I have a 20 year old Bachmann 4-6-0 train that I use at Christmas time. This year an axle broke on the idler wheels. I’m looking for suggestions on how to fix this. Where do I find parts? How do I remove the side rails to get the wheels off? Do I need to a whole new chassis, which will bring a new set of issues? I’m sure this has been answered before but I have been able to find that information. Thanks
 

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Welcome to the forum Sir....
 
Would you be anywhere near Mason City and the IATR?

I visited there around 2001-2003....
 
Welcome to the forum whatever your name might be, Bachman locomotives are somewhat renown for their weakness compared to LGB, Piko and Trainline 45. The 4-6-0 you have had many variants thus finding the correct chassis could be a bit problamaticel. If you can get one the older LGB 2-6-0 is a reliable performer if not too decrepit and thus a worthwhile second hand purchase if in good condition. Look to the state of wheels and slider pickups, these should show how much a second hand one may have been abused or hopefully not.
 
dhauser2020 said:
Thanks maxi-model maxi-model I tried that part and it doesn’t fit. Thank you Gizzy Gizzy
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Hmm. Yes, the front two drivers use different size connectors. Connectors then might be for the pony truck. Neither are shown as separate part assy's though.

Picture of a still born project using a heavily modded 4-6-0, aka "Annie", chassis. This, like yours, is identifiable by its metal rods and motions. The regular 4-6-0 used plastic parts there. Axle connectors are labled as universal between both 4-6-0 types. But not for our Annies, back to the pony truck then ? Base plate of chassis removable by 3 screws, then everything can be got at. You need to remove the coupling rods, those 3 large hex head screws are holding them on to the wheels, each side. That will the allow you to remove the motions to get at the axles and release them individually.

You might try to find a hard plastic tube, that will have an interference fit to the square axle stubs, that you can use to align and hold in place. You have the other two axles at either end that should take care of any risk of "quartering" issues messing with the motions. Max

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Welcome to the Forum! The fix that Max suggests in post #8 sounds a good bet if you can't identify the correct Bchmann part, maybe with a smear of epoxy resin to keep it together...
 
Welcome aboard.
 
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