LGB Mogul rear drive wheel set

[tdp2326]

The Tucson Botanical Garden acquired a LGB Mogul about a year ago. Since then the engine has been run for many hours, the garden being open  to the public. I have tried to keep the gears lubricated. With warnings about letting the engine cool down periodically and keeping the running load down to 4 cars, we recently heard gear grind and a halving of the loco power.  Once  the bottom was opened I noticed that the two gears (motor, axle had moved to the left looking toward the front of the engine, and that the drive gears did not mesh, The gears looked ok but since I'm a novice on repair of this engine, I thought that someone out there is familiar enough with this loco to give me some advice as to what I need to do to get the drive gears realigned.

Thorne Pierce

[two tone]

Hi   If loco is still in warranty send it back,     If not any shop doing LGB should be able to point you in the right direction to a service agent.  Alway let a good service dept do it it can be costly to let some one who is not certified to do repairs.       Hope this helps

[Curmudgeon]

Fairly common in high-mile locos like that.

Had it happen.

I used lighter fluid (but not a match), cleaned the axle and slid the gear around to get the fluid inside the gear to clean out oil and grease.

Let it evaporate.

Then I pressed the gear into place, and ran super glue down the parting line, from both sides.

 

Been holding for years.

 

It may have been your exuberance in oiling that created the issue by getting oil down into the friction joint.

You can try warranty, but not sure if parts are in at Walthers yet.

I haven't seen a press release saying to send in warranty items.

[Rene Schweitzer]

Curmudgeon is right--the warranty/repair status is unknown at this point. You can try contacting Walthers for information, but, unfortunately, you may have to wait if you'd like to mail in your locomotive.