General Discussion (Model Railroader)

I have a couple locos that I want to repower.  They are very space limited and only need one shaft due to the fact they will be driving only one set of trucks and will be vertical.  My search on line left me empty handed.  Where would I look for a motor that is no longer than 1 inch in body length, no more that 3/4 in in diameter and have a 2 mm shaft that is 1/2 long?  Any help would be much appreciated.

thanks

mike

Mike,

What types of locos are these?  Are they going to be pulling heavy trains, or are they just switchers?

You might try A-line or NWSL, they both have good lines of motors.

A-line's website: http://www.ppw-aline.com/ 

NWSL's website: http://www.nwsl.com 

Good luck!  

Arjay1969 wrote:

Mike, What types of locos are these?  Are they going to be pulling heavy trains, or are they just switchers? You might try A-line or NWSL, they both have good lines of motors.   A-line's website: http://www.ppw-aline.com/    NWSL's website: http://www.nwsl.com    Good luck!

rs2mike wrote:

Where would I look for a motor that is no longer than 1 inch in body length, no more that 3/4 in in diameter and have a 2 mm shaft that is 1/2 long?  Any help would be much appreciated.

This motor here should be just about right for what you want: http://cgi.ebay.com/Parts-Small-12V-Motor-for-Model-Train-Mabuchi-FK-130SH_W0QQitemZ200196827779QQihZ010QQcategoryZ484QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 I've used them in a few of my engines, and they are great little motors! They're smooth, quiet, have low current draw, have excellent speed control, and they're strong too. I put two of them in a DD40 diesel (which weighs over 2lb.), and it's now an unstoppable runner!

Darth Santa Fe wrote:

rs2mike wrote: Where would I look for a motor that is no longer than 1 inch in body length, no more that 3/4 in in diameter and have a 2 mm shaft that is 1/2 long?  Any help would be much appreciated. This motor here should be just about right for what you want: http://cgi.ebay.com/Parts-Small-12V-Motor-for-Model-Train-Mabuchi-FK-130SH_W0QQitemZ200196827779QQihZ010QQcategoryZ484QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 I've used them in a few of my engines, and they are great little motors! They're smooth, quiet, have low current draw, have excellent speed control, and they're strong too. I put two of them in a DD40 diesel (which weighs over 2lb.), and it's now an unstoppable runner!

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category/400/Motors.html

Here's another source for motors in general.

loathar wrote:

http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category/400/Motors.html Here's another source for motors in general.

rs2mike wrote:

Darth Santa Fe wrote:  rs2mike wrote: Where would I look for a motor that is no longer than 1 inch in body length, no more that 3/4 in in diameter and have a 2 mm shaft that is 1/2 long?  Any help would be much appreciated. This motor here should be just about right for what you want: http://cgi.ebay.com/Parts-Small-12V-Motor-for-Model-Train-Mabuchi-FK-130SH_W0QQitemZ200196827779QQihZ010QQcategoryZ484QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 I've used them in a few of my engines, and they are great little motors! They're smooth, quiet, have low current draw, have excellent speed control, and they're strong too. I put two of them in a DD40 diesel (which weighs over 2lb.), and it's now an unstoppable runner! darth  what is the length of the shaft on those motors.  It has all the dimensions i need just need the length.  thank you

The shaft is about 10-11mm, or just shy of 1/2 inch.

http://k4-pacific.com/fk130sh.pdf

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