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As much as I love it very much, decided to do an operation on my Roco Br44.
Here is the plan:
Until lately, when running , the loco wheels keeps locking itself up. For those of you not familiar with the running system, it is tender driven also with a cardan shaft comming out of the tender which goes thru the firebox to a gear system inside the loco body, transmiting the torque to the loco wheels as well.
Now seems like there is something wrong with the sync between tender motor and the gear system receiving the torque thru the cardan shaft.
I am simply planning to get rid of the shaft and gear mechanism inside the loco body, make it only tender driven and avoid the interlocking of the loco wheels.
I will also gain enough space, once the shaft is gone, for future sound decoder instalment. The firebox already open for the shaft can easily accomodate a loudspeaker.
Need yr opinion, should I go ahead or would I worsen things up
Baykal
Here is the plan:
Until lately, when running , the loco wheels keeps locking itself up. For those of you not familiar with the running system, it is tender driven also with a cardan shaft comming out of the tender which goes thru the firebox to a gear system inside the loco body, transmiting the torque to the loco wheels as well.
Now seems like there is something wrong with the sync between tender motor and the gear system receiving the torque thru the cardan shaft.
I am simply planning to get rid of the shaft and gear mechanism inside the loco body, make it only tender driven and avoid the interlocking of the loco wheels.
I will also gain enough space, once the shaft is gone, for future sound decoder instalment. The firebox already open for the shaft can easily accomodate a loudspeaker.
Need yr opinion, should I go ahead or would I worsen things up
Baykal