{"id":5406,"date":"2022-04-19T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2022-04-19T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T10:55:07","slug":"gladiator-j6-springer-dampers-round-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5406","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator J6 Springer Dampers Round Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While working on the brakes I made a small discovery which made things a bit awkward. When rebuilding the springs and dampers from the original Ragstone castings I had set the dampers much too low under the springs. That combined with them being slightly over size and a few of them not quite being round meant that when testing the wheels rubbed on them and the brake pull rods wouldn&#8217;t seat properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An easy fix I thought. I will turn up some slightly smaller dampers which will be round and it should be an easy job to pop the dampers off and reseat the replacements flush under&nbsp;the springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh no when I tried to get&nbsp;the dampers off I ended up pulling the whole thing apart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2-1024x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2-1024x621.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2-300x182.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2-768x466.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2-494x300.jpg 494w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001_1-2.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gladiator J6 Original Ragstone Spring Dampers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replacements duly turned&nbsp;I also decided to add the quite prominent nuts on the bottom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5-1024x750.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5-768x563.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5-409x300.jpg 409w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gladiator J6 Replacement Spring Dampers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4-1024x674.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4-768x506.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4-456x300.jpg 456w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0003-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gladiator J6 Replacement Spring Dampers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I decided it would be easier to just assemble the dampers onto some new pins and then fit them to the springs and hangers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001-1024x605.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5403\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001-1024x605.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001-768x454.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001-500x296.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0001-001.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gladiator J6 Replacement Spring Dampers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6-1024x632.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6-768x474.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6-486x300.jpg 486w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_0002-6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Gladiator J6 Replacement Spring Dampers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While working on the brakes I made a small discovery which made things a bit awkward. When rebuilding the springs and dampers from the original Ragstone castings I had set the dampers much too low under the springs. 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