List,
NWSL advertises an HO Stanton Drive in RMC (pg a38, 3/11
issue). I e-mailed them about an S scale version but no response. Is the
S scale available?
- Alan Evans
- Gahanna, OH
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
gsc3
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 12:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: I need a little help!
Bob,
A friend just put in S scale Stanton drives into a older, non funtioning
loco. They are from NWSL and work great for him. Prewired for DCC as well as
DC evidently.
George Courtey
--- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> , Bob
Werre <bob@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends, I write this with heavy heart! I've been fighting this
> fight for about a year but things keep getting worse! I ask you to
> check your junk boxes for the items I need--and you thought I was going
> to ask for donations didn't you!
>
> I've been trying to get one of my favorite engines (Alco models RS-5)
> back to running good. I had a sound decoder malfunction. I replaced
> that and things seemed good, but when I started pulling a train I
> discovered that one truck's drive wheels would stop rotating on a grade
> or with a moderate weight train. After taking it apart again and again,
> I determined that the universals, shafts and the worm all were doing
> their thing. I found a fair amount of play in one of the 4 zamac (yes
> that again) castings. When I tried to tighten it the screws broke out
> and the surrounding area broke loose. This play was apparently letting
> gears loose their mesh.
>
> Each truck has four castings--two are a sandwich affair that hold the
> drivers and the two upper pieces are a bit more like a clam shell with
> two halves--one of those halves is the problem.
>
> I have thought about three solutions: #1 is to find someone to make a
> new upper replacement piece possibly from solid brass stock. #2
> re-drill deeper holes in the existing casting and then try and replace
> the broken 'crumbs' with some JB Weld--somewhat like a dentist would do
> with a cavity. Or #3 find somebody who has one of these drives that is
> too far gone, but where this piece might still be okay.
>
> Since #3 is the easiest, so I'm starting with this group first. Anybody
> have one they can spare? Please help me get this little fellow back in
> good health so it can run and play with all the other engines in the
> neighborhood--operators are standing by!
>
> Bob Werre
> BobWphoto.com
>
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