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    Westside 3-Truck Brass Shay, help with fixing

    The gear driven truck is too loosely constrained,...naturally it needs to rotate freely (twist around its swivel axis), but if you combined that with it being able to lift upwards (as a result of the spring), you really contribute to its derailing potential. All 3 of my trucks on this stock...
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    Westside 3-Truck Brass Shay, help with fixing

    Here is a photo with the components laid out, On that front one of the main engine, the rectangular piece needs to be resoldered to the universal portion of the joint, On the rear one (to the tender), it requires the universal to be reattached to the existing shaft on the...
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    Westside 3-Truck Brass Shay, help with fixing

    I have a very nice Westside brass shay that I was running some experiments on. Those experiments turned out successful,...but in the process I 'upset' 2 of the drive line shafts. My 82 year old eyes are just not adequate to make the repairs myself,...so i am seeking help
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    Plastic cement for Walthers buildings?

    I was introduced to this product long ago, and still like it the best. It is basically MEK. You need to be careful using it as it is toxic, ut it works wonderful. Yes. The last time i tried to find it i had to buy it from a 'marine supply store'. And keep it tightly closed as it has a habit...
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    Resurrecting Proto 2000 Loco's with Cracked Gears

    You need to get one of these https://www.walthers.com/standards-gauge https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=nmmra+track+guage#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:30cb54db,vid:JX8-79iLCZQ,st:0
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    Broadway AC6000 set of locos. UP livery

    I have 2 Broadway ltd AC6000 engines with paragon 2 sound decoders. They are like new, and when they were new both worked fine. I tried consisting them, and I ended up screwing one of them up. I am not dcc knowledgeable enough to get the second engine reprogrammed back to factory defauft #3...
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    Such a BASIC part that contributes to the product running at all, deserves a proper FIX. and that FIX should have come from the manufacturer/importer selling this product to the American market !!!! ...particularly if the product fails almost immediately upon being put into service !!!
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    WOW, I just discovered that the front truck/engine's drive gear is on the verge of cracking as well. (just decided to do a quick check)....
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    Gear Arrangement Here is a side view of the housing surrounding the gears,.. Those 2 holes at the top would be where the clip-cover would be for the worm gear from the motor. That worm gear engages the next gear down, which is actually a double sided gear,...a larger size one doubled up...
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    Rear truck/engine only? I have not taken my front truck off of that loco, but so far it appears to be OK? I noticed that Andy also only spoke of a problem withe rear truck only? Brian
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    It does appear that the drive gear arrangement (design), and likely the parts are the same for both engines. Andy has recently made contact with BLI asking this question,.. We wait in anticipation as to the answer from the factory? I have attempted to find a good exploded view diagram of...
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    I decided to start this new subject thread on the subject, as both Andy and myself had mistakenly in the past referred to incorrect wheel configurations in these 2 existed/related subject threads: 1) https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/broadway-limited-2662-class-a-failed-drive-gear-12299413 2)...
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    Are those engines you have the articulated engines we are discussing here? I would love to hear about your testing.
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    same question for BLI 2-8-8-2 ?
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    Broadway Limited 2-6-6-4, and 2-8-8-2, ...failed drive gear(s)

    Are there any other owners out there that have had problems with these engines?
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