[nzpaul]

Just a call for help on a problem I've discovered with a couple of my new Hornby A3's. They make a very annoying ticking while on the move. I've had Windsor Lad completely to pieces looking for the offending bit in the mechanism but to no avail.And just to prove that they don't all do it. I also have Great Northern which runs dead quiet but I only purcahsed that one for the display cabinet (typical).
So has anyone else had the same problem & managed to cure it?

 

[nzpaul]

QUOTE Are you sure it isn't the motion ?
A little bit of tweaking with the tweasers should make it go away IE increase the clearance for the rods.

If it's in the motion I failed to track it down so I'm still none the wiser, hence the posting asking for help. I found the newsgroup snippit a little disturbing, 2 problems and they start rubbishing the brand. I've had no problem until now with Hornby's new chassis' but I'll agree that the valve gear is very fragile looking. I'm sure it wouldn't worry too many people if Hornby beefed up the rods a little.