I just took one of the motors apart and it is a five pole. I also remeasured the shaft and it is 2.25mm not 2.4mmm as stated earlier. I must have measured it over the light splines when I did it several years ago.
Fred Rouse SSL&S --- In [email protected], "Fred Rouse" wrote: > > I still have a bunch of the old Pittman open frame motors used in the old > SSL&S engines. They are probably from Claude's stock. They measure 1.068" > wide by 1.387" high by 1.48" long not counting the round bosses at the shaft. > > My can motor is 1.084" in diameter by 1.491" long not counting the bosses. > There should be no problem fitting it in any of the old SSL&S engines. It > fits in the etched Lt.Pacific and 0-8-0 etched boilers I have here. Some work > on the bottom inside of the firebox edges would be necessary but no more than > required for the old Pittman. > > I used one of these in AM Pacific long ago so the motor was not as visible in > the cab. > > The can motor is 4000 RPM with lots of torque. I got these for my USRA Mike > project that was shelved when the Lionel AF Mike came out. The motor shaft is > 2.4mm with very light splines so a bushing is needed for the SSL&S worm gear. > > Bill Lane must have gotten the mesh just right as the old SSL&S coffee > grinder noise is thankfully missing from his RDG engine. > > Fred Rouse > SSL&S > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
