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- From: roe@crosfield.co.uk (malcolm roe)
- Newsgroups: rec.railroad,rec.crafts.metalworking
- Subject: Tensioning truss rods on railway coach - summary.
- Message-ID: <15997@suns6.crosfield.co.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:33:21 GMT
- Followup-To: rec.railroad
- Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.
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- Thankyou, everyone who replied on the railway coach truss rod
- problem. There were three solutions suggested.
-
- 1. Measure the torque required whilst tightening the turnbuckles.
- The problem with this method is that some of the torque will be
- used to overcome friction. The amount is unlikely to be the same
- for all four turnbuckles even after cleaning all the threads
- although it may be small enough to ignore.
-
- 2. Measure the deflection of the truss rods after application of
- a fixed force at right angles. This should work but the
- deflections will be very small. A clock gauge would be required.
-
- 3. Compare the tensions in the truss rods by striking them with a
- hammer and listening to the pitches at which they resonate. This
- was the most common suggestion. It is apparently the way in which
- wire spoked wheels are adjusted by bicycle mechanics.
-
- Number 3 sounded simple and attractive so we conducted an
- experiment. We could not use the underframe in question because
- the riveting has not been completed. What we did was to test
- several other coaches with similar construction. We expected to
- find that the truss rods would resonate at similar frequencies as
- judged by ear. Unfortunately the sounds were very dull and
- difficult to compare musically.
-
- We have come to the conclusion that the best method is first to
- lightly tighten the truss rods using method 1 or, possibly, 2 to
- make the underframe flat. Then replace the body and complete the
- job by applying the same number of additional turns to each
- turnbuckle. To be safe it may be advisable to jack up the centre
- of the underframe whilst the body is being repositioned.
-
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- Malcolm Roe Phone : +44 442 230000 ext 4104
- Crosfield Electronics Ltd Fax : +44 442 232301
- Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP2 7RH, UK E-mail : roe@crosfield.co.uk
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