Rail King F59PH Operation Manual

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14Traction Tire Replacement InstructionsYour locomotive is equipped with two neoprene rubber traction tires on eachpowered truck block. While these tires are extremely durable, you may need toreplace them at some point.First, remove the truck sides from the truck block. To do this, you will need toremove the trucks from the chassis as described in the Lubrication Section on page12. Once the trucks are removed, remove the truck side frames from each side ofthe truck by removing their mounting screws (Shown below)on top of the tr uck.Once the truck side frames are removed follow the below.1. Make sure the old tire has been completely removed from the groove in the drivewheel, using a razor blade or small flathead screwdriver to pry away any remains.2. Slip the new tire onto the wheel. You may find it useful to use two smallflathead screwdrivers to stretch the tire over the wheel.3. If you twist the tire whilestretching it over the wheel,you will need to remove andreinstall the tire. Otherwiseyour engine will wobble whileoperating.4. Make sure the tire is fullyseated inside the groove. Use arazor blade to trim away anyexcess tire that doesn’t seatitself inside the grooveproperly.5. Reassemble in reverse order.One set of replacement tires ispackaged with the model. Additionaltires are available directly from the M.T.H. Parts Department (Order online:www.mth-railking.com, e-mail: parts@mth-railking.com,Fax: 410-423-0009,Phone: 410-381-2500, Mail: 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia MD 21046-1532, ).Figure 7. Truckside Screws(Reference Picture Only-Actual Model May Look Different)RailKing Diesel R-T-R Freight/Passenger Set w/Proto-Sound® 2.0F59PHTruckside Screws