Train wheels rotating badly

[legotrainfan]

I watched my two Santa Fe Super Chief engines doing their job of pulling 4 waggons, but everything was a bit slow. I found out that the wheels of two waggons would not rotate as smoothly and quickly as they should when being pushed by my thumb. When I push the waggons on a longer piece of straight track, they stop more quickly than they should. There is definitely no friction added by the studs of the upside down construction. I substituted those bricks with tiles. There are no bigger dust particles having gatherd where the metallic axle is. There is a bit of dust on the wheel element, but - as I've said - no bigger particles. I'm wondering what's the matter. A while back I bought 8 new wheels from bricklink and they rotate nicely. I've never used them, but with the wheels of those two Santa Fe cars, there seems to be a problem.

[BillytheKid]

It was a production error. You bought these wagons new?

You can adjust the wheels to cut a little piece out of the wheelholder, problem solved. Or you can buy newer wheels, problem also solved.

[legotrainfan]

It was a production error. You bought these wagons new?

You can adjust the wheels to cut a little piece out of the wheelholder, problem solved. Or you can buy newer wheels, problem also solved.

Thanks for the info. Yes, I bought those waggons brand new. It mainly affects two 10022 waggons, though I believe that one 10025 waggon is also slightly affected. I haven't checked the wheels of the Santa Fe engines yet. I'll do that tomorrow.

Edited July 3, 2008 by legotrainfan

[BillytheKid]

You can ask Lego for a solution?

[legotrainfan]

You can ask Lego for a solution?

I'll ask them but I think it's gonna be in vain anyway. Normally they tend to replace parts that have production errors for free, but old gray train wheels aren't produced any more.

Well, three of my four waggons have that problem. One of my 3 Santa Fe engines has this problem as well. It is a limited edition locomotive. Since the limited edition version was produced before the ordinary one, I think they found out the error after a while and corrected it so that newer sets have correctly working wheels.

I used my 8 old gray replacement wheels, which I bought from bricklink a while back, for 2 waggons. I won't use the other waggon that has still that problem due to lack of wheels. Since the engine is motorised, I could use the two remaining wheels of the non-limited edition Santa Fe engine for the also motorised limited edition version. Problem solved with the wheels I had at my disposal. Thanks again for your answer.