So I decided to replace the rubber tires on the rear driving wheel of my BLI Paragon 2 and now the locomotive is causing short circuits, it's not the tender, it's the locomotive itself. I don't know why it's doing that and it's driving me nuts. The Layout is a DCC system.
Does the loco use wipers to contact the drivers for pickup? In replacing the tires, you may have pushed the contact wiper to where it shorts.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
not that I know of
Seth,
What were all the parts that you dismantled to replace the traction tires? That might help others to pinpoint the possible cause of the short.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
the only part I removed was a small piece of plastic detail, we put the tires on the the wheels with the frame on. Is it possible that we put the tire in inside out and that could be the cause?
tstage Seth, What were all the parts that you dismantled to replace the traction tires? That might help others to pinpoint the possible cause of the short. Tom
Wouldn't you also need to disconnect linkage in order to slide the traction off and onto the driver?
tstage Wouldn't you also need to disconnect linkage in order to slide the traction off and onto the driver? Tom
Well yes, we did but we didn't take all the rods apart, just disconnected the linkage from the rear driving wheel as that was where the tires went.
blah this post was wrong and I can't delete it. I'm still having short circuit problems
The only net change was swapping axles? Everything else is correct and restored properly? Most axles have engineered isolation built in for electrical purposes. Is the axle in the wrong orientation; should it be reversed?
I got it to work finally, I think the problem was that not all of the wheels were on the rails and I just couldn't tell
thanks for your help