
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.
Pass a piece of the 0.9mm nickel-silver wire through the hole
in the back of each 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 Co1 Bogies
15/65
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27/09/2021
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