QUOTE (ebaykal @ 4 Jun 2007, 15:35) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>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
Hello Baykal,
Could you just take out a single gear and see how well it performs with the loco wheel mechanism being driven from friction against the rails? Is it possible to run the model 'naked' and observe how it how it works and where it is catching, perhaps a small adjustment will make a big difference?
Also does the model have a guarantee etc. - could you send it back to Roco for 'repair'?
Personally, Roco have never replied to a single one of my emails so I probably wouldn't want to send my favourite locomotive back to them even if they did design it....or perhaps this is just because Roco don't seem to give a
about N scale at the moment and my queries/requests were all N related??
I'm sure ME 26-06 will have something useful to say this!
Goedel
Hello Baykal,
Could you just take out a single gear and see how well it performs with the loco wheel mechanism being driven from friction against the rails? Is it possible to run the model 'naked' and observe how it how it works and where it is catching, perhaps a small adjustment will make a big difference?
Also does the model have a guarantee etc. - could you send it back to Roco for 'repair'?
Personally, Roco have never replied to a single one of my emails so I probably wouldn't want to send my favourite locomotive back to them even if they did design it....or perhaps this is just because Roco don't seem to give a

I'm sure ME 26-06 will have something useful to say this!
Goedel