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I am planning to build a small industrial diesel loco and I was planning to use Brandbright wagon wheels for it. Does anybody know how hard/easy is to dismantle the wheels from the axles in order to install the cogwheel, are they pressfit? Or are there some other alternatives? I think the wheel diameter should be around 20 mm.

Separate wheels and axles are available from https://peterbinnie.com/ and are used in many loco kits

StuartJ wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2026 11:02 am Separate wheels and axles are available from https://peterbinnie.com/ and are used in many loco kits

Thanks, looks like they have a good selection indeed. I was hoping to get all-steel wheels though as they give some additional weight and robustness, but probably the easiar solution are the binnie ones

Another source is IP Engineering. They have 20mm wheelsets in steel
https://www.ipenginnering.com/wheel-sets

Rik

Any experiences with removing the steelwheels from their axles and possible best practices?