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I'm sure I can't be the first to have problems getting Peco point motors to work in both directions all the time? I have fitted around 24 Peco motors to Peco points. Most are mounted on the baseboard (thank goodness) as to date I am just working on the fiddle yard. Most motors work fine, but some have taken ages to set up, and next time I try them, they only work in one direction, or maybe not at all (power is present, but they don't seem to have the power to switch the blades, and yes I am using CDUs). In some cases, raising one end of the motor seems to help, but there is one issue I can't get my head around:
a motor won't switch the blades: I push the motor firmly towards the track, and it switches to the right, but refuses to switch to the left. I push the motor firmly away from the track, and it switches to the left but not the right. I simply can't find the optimum position where it will do both. Is there a simple trick that I am missing here, or do I need to bin the Peco motors? (I don't plan to use them on the scenic section anyway, but I do need reliability 'underground') Any advice would be very welcome indeed - I'm getting very frustrated, and can't move on to more creative things.
a motor won't switch the blades: I push the motor firmly towards the track, and it switches to the right, but refuses to switch to the left. I push the motor firmly away from the track, and it switches to the left but not the right. I simply can't find the optimum position where it will do both. Is there a simple trick that I am missing here, or do I need to bin the Peco motors? (I don't plan to use them on the scenic section anyway, but I do need reliability 'underground') Any advice would be very welcome indeed - I'm getting very frustrated, and can't move on to more creative things.