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reserction of old stramer

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reserction of old stramer
Posted by ibrokeit on Friday, December 23, 2011 5:03 PM

I'm stumped! geared drive wheels  are jammed. take one partially off and it spins fine, put both geared drivers in place and they jam.  What's up?

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Posted by rtraincollector on Friday, December 23, 2011 5:19 PM

bad gear in the mesh? could be any of the gears especially the small one they always go first as there the hardest to see it

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Posted by TrainLarry on Friday, December 23, 2011 5:40 PM

What locomotive is this, please?

Larry

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Posted by servoguy on Friday, December 23, 2011 9:38 PM

Are the drivers properly clocked?  If not, the connecting rods will jam at some position.  

Can you post pictures?  

As rtraincollector suggested, are the gear teeth all OK?

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Posted by Prairietype on Saturday, December 24, 2011 8:19 AM

Ditto the proper alignment of wheels if there are drive rods involved.  I ran into this problem with an Atlantic steamer. It will bind or lock up if off by one tooth.

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Posted by arkady on Saturday, December 24, 2011 10:43 AM

If this is a Lionel 675 (or 2025), check for drivers that are loose on their axles.  That can cause random lockups of the idler gears.  Don't ask me how I know.

 

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