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Maintenance
6.4. Replacing traction tires
Traction tires do age and must be replaced after
wearing. ESU supplies suitable traction tires with
each locomotive. For exchanging the traction tires
you must remove the side parts of the bogies (also
refer to chapter 6.3.).
Please make sure that the traction tires are put onto
the wheels uniformly and without any tension in
order to avoid out-of-round running characteristics
of the model. It has proven quite useful to place
the traction tires prior to mounting into some low
surface tension water (a drop of dishwashing liquid
is sufficient).
6.5. Installing a coupler
A standard coupler is mounted ex works at the cab
2 end of the locomotive. At the other end the de-
flector is closed and prototypical hoses have been
mounted. Installing a model train coupler takes
about two minutes. You will find the required parts
in the packaging. The only tool you may need is
either a pair of flat nose pliers or tweezers and a
thin screw driver.
Remove the coupler shaft and the coupler from the
accessory bag.
Removal of bogie side parts
Figure 9:
Installation of bogie side parts
Figure 12:
Installed contract brackets
Figure 11:
Removal of wheel set
Figure 10:
Screw location on bogie
Figure 8:
with a yellow circle) and lift off the gear cover.
Remove the released bogie side part.
The contact bracket for the turnout sensor is loca-
ted above the first and the sixth axle. These bra-
ckets remain in place when exchanging the wheel
sets. Slightly lift the wheel set and pull it towards
the centre of the locomotive.
Insert the new wheel set and make sure the current
pick-up strips touch the inside of the wheels.
When replacing and screwing down the bogie side
part please make sure that the contact brackets can
be seen through the elongated slots.
