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That was one of my self suggestions to check into while waiting for my Sakura Tram to arrive and watching the YouTube videos. But because they have designed these new/new chassis along with the new/old chassis with the front axle set a bit lower than the rear axle (look closely at picture in the first Post above) using the exact size wheel as the rears would have the opposite affect and raise the front of the engine higher than the rear.
The remarkably easy fix and Bonus fix.
Remarkably, I measured the the front wheel on an old/new chassis system for a Star Wars Black Nankai Rapit I have waiting for a complete customization and it came out slightly bigger than this Sakura Tram. 22.22mm compared to the 21.92 on the Tram. This, along with re-fitting the rear drive wheels with the lower profile gray traction rubbers from Thomas engines (now at 23.06mm from the Trams original 23.92mm) changed the profile from the dipped front end to almost perfectly level.....Eureka....the easy solution....since the new/new chassis are swap-able with the new/old chassis, I just used the Nankai Rapits chassis on the Sakura Tram and...problem solved. This is so much better and less time consuming than having to pull apart the front wheels and replace them with bigger ones which I thought I was going to have to do. Check out the before and after pictures below to compare.
Next up: Stay tuned for the fabulous Bonus Fix...
That was one of my self suggestions to check into while waiting for my Sakura Tram to arrive and watching the YouTube videos. But because they have designed these new/new chassis along with the new/old chassis with the front axle set a bit lower than the rear axle (look closely at picture in the first Post above) using the exact size wheel as the rears would have the opposite affect and raise the front of the engine higher than the rear.
The remarkably easy fix and Bonus fix.
Remarkably, I measured the the front wheel on an old/new chassis system for a Star Wars Black Nankai Rapit I have waiting for a complete customization and it came out slightly bigger than this Sakura Tram. 22.22mm compared to the 21.92 on the Tram. This, along with re-fitting the rear drive wheels with the lower profile gray traction rubbers from Thomas engines (now at 23.06mm from the Trams original 23.92mm) changed the profile from the dipped front end to almost perfectly level.....Eureka....the easy solution....since the new/new chassis are swap-able with the new/old chassis, I just used the Nankai Rapits chassis on the Sakura Tram and...problem solved. This is so much better and less time consuming than having to pull apart the front wheels and replace them with bigger ones which I thought I was going to have to do. Check out the before and after pictures below to compare.
Next up: Stay tuned for the fabulous Bonus Fix...