
best to leave cleaning up the tags until after the folding and soldering stages below.
Taking each carrier in turn, clamp it firmly
into a vice (a hand-held vice is ideal for
t his) across the ends of the bearing with the
bottom of the bearing carrier protruding. File
away any remnants of the tag from the lower
edge of the carrier.
Working against a hard, flat surface, make
the fold to form the bottom flange of the
bearing carrier.
Then, invert the carrier in the vice so that
the carrier top is projecting. Fold in the
ears at the top of the carrier. You may find
that the ear catches against the top flange:
do not apply brute force, but adjust Fold 2
and/or the direction of the applied force, and
you will find that it folds easily. Folding against
a block, as shown, gives a good, tight fold.
On the inner carriers (the ones without a
hole in their back face), apply a small
amount of flux (cocktail stick!) to the folds and butt joints around the top of the carrier
and flash in some solder to reinforce the folds and form a fillet between the lower edges of
the ears and the top of the carrier body. Clean off any solder which adheres to the outer
faces of the ears. Ensure the holes in the ears remain clear of solder.
On the outer carriers, pass a piece of the 0.9mm nickel-silver
wire through the hole in the back of the carrier and across
the top, parallel to the line of the axle. With a small amount of
flux, solder the wire in place, at the same time reinforcing the
folds and butt joints around the top of the carrier. Keep the
bearing clamped in the vice while soldering; this will act as a
heat sink and prevent melting of the joint between the bearing
and carrier.
Bearing Carrier Instructions for Six-wheel Bogies
15/60
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27/09/2021
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