bachmann class 37

[TRAINALEX100]

please can someone help, i have got a bachmann class 37 and the snow plough has broken off and part is stuck inside the nem pocket, i have tried pliers to pull it out but it didnt work. i did think though whether i could push it out from the front and poke the stuck prongs out the back into the bogie
thanks

 

[hairyhandedfool]

It is quite possible there is a clip on the end of the NEM fitting which is holding the plough remnant in place, certainly the couplings have them. If it is possible to access that end of the NEM pocket, it might be possible the push the remnants out.

 

[TRAINALEX100]

I could do but its at the motor end

 

[K9-70]

Turn your Class 37 upside down.

Take a pair of long nose pliers, and at the rear end of the NEM pocket where the broken snow plough prongs protude, squeeze them together and ease them forward at the same time. If it fails the first time, just keep trying.

When the prongs can be pushed no further, then take the long nose pliers and pull out the broken snow plough remains.

Since the motor is centrally mounted in the body, you won't harm it by using this method.

 

[TRAINALEX100]

i tried that aswell but my pliers just kept shavings bits off the end because the prongs make it too stiff