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Have you looked at the gears to see if there are any burrs on the edge of the gears. I had a diesel that made a lot of noise right out of the box. I took the covers off the gear box & found very tiny plastic burrs on the edge of the gear. <br />I took a small fine mesh file & removed the burrs & that fixed the problem. <br />Over the years that has only happened twice & the other problems were the lack of grease. I also found a slight burr on the outside of the main drive wheels <br />on a steam engine once that caused noise & a wobble in the drive train.
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