--- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote:
>
> Ed is correct on this one, just occasionally old world technology is
> still the best.
>
> Bob Werre
> PhotoTraxx
As in DC vs. DCC? :<) Actually, that isn't the reason for my reply to Bob's
post. My early FP-7's, etc., are all fine trouble free performers, as well. The
only problem is a little gear noise in the metal gears, which I live with
because of their reliability; besides, the ones that are quiet are really quiet.
I had a split gear on my RS-2 a few years ago. My solution was to remove the
gears from the offending axle and run with three wheels powered until I could
find a pair of ALCO power trucks as a parts source (does NWSL offer replacement
gears for these?) The best performers, in my book, are still the Beveridge
powered Locomotive Workshop units and their equalized drives. I wish I could
get replacement equalized drives (preferably sprung and equalized) for all of
my locomotives, however, they do quite well, under the circumstances and my
less-than-perfect trackwork.
"S"tring boB ____________________________________________________
>
>
> On 4/8/13 2:29 PM, Ed wrote:
> >
> > > > At this point, I'm considering dumping the entire mess on eBay and
> > going back to HO or O scale
> > > > Matt Hogan
> >
> > As plastic ages, it outgases, becomes brittle and cracks quite easily.
> > Happens all the time when plastic parts are press-fitted to metal
> > parts. Happens in all scales even on expensive imported brass models.
> > Usually it happens five or ten years later -- you just got it sooner.
> > Perhaps you got an old model that had been sitting in the warehouse
> > for many years.
> >
> > Or, perhaps a bad batch of plastic pellets were used to make the gears
> > in the first place. Who knows? Lotsa possibilities.
> >
> > AM is good about fixing problems and it would be worthwhile giving
> > them a chance.
> >
> > The saddest part of all this is that the problem is totally
> > preventable by using splines or flats on the metal shaft. The extra
> > cost to do this is minimal and should have become an industry standard
> > 30 years ago.
> >
> > Good luck....Ed Loizeaux
> >
> >
>
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