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A diff. perspective on split geared wheelsets...Kato factory probs.?
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<P mce_keep="true">How about this for a surprise.</P> <P mce_keep="true">I am very familiar with P2K split gears and so forth, and I have had to replace one split gear on an Atlas/Kato GP7.</P> <P mce_keep="true">However, I recently picked up several more nice lightly used Atlas/Kato C-424s and three had a split geared wheelset. Two ran quite well anyway, and the third slowed down when warmed up.</P> <P mce_keep="true">But the surprise didn't end there. </P> <P mce_keep="true">I took out my supply of new geared wheelsets received from Kato parts dept. about 7 months ago. I had used one successfully....<STRONG><EM>but all the remaining geared wheelsets (3) in the unopened packages were unusable.</EM></STRONG> I can't see any splits with the magnification available to me, but they spin as freely as the obviously split ones on the loco I was repairing. [:O]</P> <P mce_keep="true">I've ordered more, but have asked the Kato Repair Department to open all the packs and test each one before mailing them out to me.</P>
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