Hello,I recently purchased the Bachmann HO FT A&B Units (Seaboard). There came in the blue boxes that says DCC-Equipped Locomotive on the lower portion of the box. Both units seem to be very loud. It sounds as if it may be caused by the gears on these units. I have an old Bachmann Plus F7A that I have installed a decoder into that is much quieter than these. The Plus Unit is virtually silent compared to the units.Part of me thinks this is common/normal because both the A and B unit both make the same noise. Is this expected? Can I do anything to make then quieter?Thank you
Welcome. Looks like yoiu copied and pasted from another forum.
Try a dab of LaBelle 106 plastic compatible grease with PTFE. LaBelle 102 gear oil has been the main one for many years. 106 is suppose to be better.
Rich
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Is it sort oof a buzzing that changes witht he speed of the loco? Those Bachmann motor decoders tend to be bottom of the barrel and fooro a long tiem they were of a type that did nt even have the 'silent running' high frequency motor drive that pretty much EVERY decoder you can buy today has - I don;t think there has been a non-silent decoder produced as new for at least 10 years, besides those Bachmann ones.
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I would second the gear noise, unless it is a whining noise.
In the case of whining, it is actually the motor brushes "singing" on the unit. In this case, LaBelle light oil will cure it.
Gear noise I always use either the 106, or a compatible white lithium grease.
However, if it's just noise, not damaging anything, I will most often ignore it, as real trains are noisy anyways.
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Ok, I just saw your post in the Bachmann forums and the lub did the trick. Nice troubleshooting. Others have issues with gears. Yours was easy.
Thank you guys. Just a bit of lubrication is all it needed.