Hornby R257 BR Schools Class "Dover": Repair Request

[@pierslindley]

Beautiful job; she looks lovely and nice to see the joint runnuing at the end.

[@shedhead00]

The masking tape what a brilliant way of keeping the wheels from moving, wish I had thought of that would of saved me hours, brilliant video

[@johnbill9201]

Great video thanks for sharing, I've got a school's class locomotive Stowe in Southern livery, it got a smoke unit fitted, locomotive runs lovely, J

[@iron1349]

I bought one with screeching drive gears and your vud helped me pop the shell off

[@mickboakes7023]

Another success. Wish you and u-tube were around when I had a railway’s

[@idj20]

I find your videos so therapeutic!

[@Shauniboy1984]

Great vid sir, keep your eyes out as these often go for a good discount

[@petertate5741]

Great job Bill,fantastic running loco.

[@stevenpeaketrainsandstuff3682]

I use small piece of alfoil with threadlocker. Helps to jam on tight.

[@marcdempsey5850]

Another excellent video. So quiet and smooth on the layout. What’s next???? All best marc

[@robstrains8711]

Never had much success with threadlocker, and axles always ended up using superglue. Great video, as always

[@rikmorley6469]

Top job Bill, that looked fiddly 😁

[@thehairygolfer]

I do like the schools class. Just waiting for the new ones to come from Dapol in N gauge.

[@michaeltrufitt5477]

Great job you have a lot of patience 😀👍

[@donniblanco5239]

Absolute Beauty. Smoother than Smooth 👍🏻

[@aib0160]

I wonder if a blob of solder on the back of the wheel would be enough to permanently lock it to the axel?

[@jonballard1]

Great video, thanks Bill

[@stevem9754]

Did you do a video where you describe your layout? There seems to be a lot of interesting trackwork in a relatively small space - is it on an 8x4 board or bigger? Btw, I have a Hornby tender driven Flying Scotsman of which the engine is also v light and occasionally derails so I'll try adding some of those car wheel balancing weights inside the loco body to increase the down-force.

[@robinforrest7680]

Hmmm. Maybe that's the solution for my Wrenn castle class. It's had an issue with a loose driving wheel on one of the non insulated driving wheels for about 20 years! It just started derailing one day. I tried various unsuccessful fixes with superglue. They worked for a while but didn't last. Maybe loctite would've worked better. I must give it a try. The question of course is whether it holds up long term. Thanks for another cracking repair video.

[@oobill]

For a real drive wheel ideally replace the axle and/or wheel. On a tender driven loco there is much less stress on the loco wheels as they are just being pushed so I think thread locker or glue will be fine. The other option might be flux and solder.

[@robinforrest7680]

@@oobill I'll try it anyway - nothing to lose. As far as I can remember the problem is on the leading axle which is driven by the coupling rods rather than directly from the motor/worm drive. BTW, Are any of those R850 Flying Scotsman bodies/tenders available? I'd love to restore mine which I got for Christmas when I was 5 in 1969! and ruined with an appalling BR green paint job when I was about 10 😳☹

[@barra8771]

Slightly bigger job than usual, but it is running very well and quiet 😁

[@twmarklinfan]

I am really enjoying your videos and often have them on hand when performing my own maintenance. Can I ask you a couple of questions? I notice you use woodland scenics products, why do you use Molylube over the white grease? I like your tweezers can you tell me where you got them? Thanks for the great videos. Kind regards Adrian

[@oobill]

Molygrease is great for ringfield motor gears. It has a lower viscosity than white grease and isn't so unsightly. I have been using white grease on worm gears recently though. Look up ESD-15 tweezers on Amazon.

[@lewiscartwright3609]

I would like to Get the Hornby schools class "Repton" in southern Green but I can't find one on Ebay also I have thought about getting 6 car transporter wagons plus two extra ones I have a vague idea of what I want to do with the two extra car transporters I plan on modifying them to carry two airfix Supermarine Spitfires or one Supermarine spitfire and one De Havilland Mosquito Fighter plane. Cheers.Lewis 👍🙂👌

[@danielholden-storey5107]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203475224444?hash=item2f6011877c:g:0-AAAOSwmbpgr3RL currently on ebay Lewis

[@lewiscartwright3609]

@@danielholden-storey5107 thank you for the link Cheers and take care. 👍

[@sophiaevans9908]

Finally something Southern! 😁

[@bigmac60]

Another great job. The subtitles have you using a “Monkey Brush”. 😂😂

[@brianmicky7596]

Hi Bill, very enjoyable, is that the same as loctite? Looks good stuff, All the Best Brian

[@PeterJewell2]

Looks like a clone for Loctite 242 or 243, which is the blue one, designed to be dismantle-able with hand tools. Other Loctite thread lockers are available for more extreme environments, with the 'red' requiring 300 degrees of heat to dismantle, so probably not a good idea for your model loco!! (I've just bought some 243, which is a newer and more versatile version of the traditional 242, so it's all fresh in my mind!)

[@mikeking2539]

He must have put a lot of force on that wheel to make it come loose.

[@christopherpearson4489]

I watch your videos with interest very useful as i have a lot of older locos. some very good solutions to problems you can get with older locos PS i think you mean N class mogel as the N7 was a great eastern loco designed by A J Hill (a little pocket rocket used on the jass service out of liverpool st station)

[@PeterJewell2]

I heard 'M7', the Southern 0-4-4T. Tri-ang made a very nice M7 model long before Hornby's recent offering. (Can't remember when Bill said this in the video, so I cannot confirm.)

[@TheCrazyhorse1876]

The owner is going to chuffed to bits,a bit tougher job than normal but nothing to you Bill !!

[@donniblanco5239]

I’d love to be able to say that I have the Patience to deal with that, but I’m afraid That’s the sort of project that after 3 hours goes into a box and onto a shelf to gather dust. 😶

[@fossil9559]

Super quiet :-)

[@dduck1585]

Blimey bearings on c1980s Hornby, modern trash from other makes fail to employ bearings.

[@rhiwderinraytube]

Nice loco, but awful design! Well done !

[@oobill]

Terrible design. You need four hands and screwdrivers for fingers on two of them...