Hornby Schools Tender

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Gerald H - 05 May 2008 19:53 GMT

I've just tried to remove the cast metal base of an early Hornby Schools
tender so that I could replace the traction tyres. Despite following the
instructions on the service sheet, I couldn't pop the chassis block out
and landed up destroying the connecting pin and breaking some of the fine
detail off the tender chassis. Has anyone ever managed to separate these
two parts of the tender, or did I just have a bad one?

I'm reluctant to try and get new parts if I'm going to land up breaking
something everytime I try and replace the traction tyres. :(

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John Turner - 06 May 2008 11:35 GMT

> I've just tried to remove the cast metal base of an early Hornby Schools
> tender so that I could replace the traction tyres. Despite following the
> instructions on the service sheet, I couldn't pop the chassis block out
> and landed up destroying the connecting pin and breaking some of the fine
> detail off the tender chassis. Has anyone ever managed to separate these
> two parts of the tender, or did I just have a bad one?

They're a real bugger to dismantle. Certainly never designed with
maintenance in mind. I now resort to fitting traction tyres with the
underframe still in place, but that's not easy either.

John.

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Hornby Schools Tender