Shamus
Moderator
Well, my Bachmann 0n30 climax arrived this morning and here are my findings.
It is a beautiful looking loco.
1 – On flat straight and level track, it is perfect and runs like a dream.
2 – On some 20” radius curves it tends to have a very slight rock.
3 - Climbing grades, no problem and still runs well.
4 – Going down grade, it is a CRAB, it jerks backwards and forwards until it reaches level trackwork whereby it carries on and runs once again like a dream.
My Bachmann 0n30 Shays also did this going down grade until I added a couple of shims, perhaps I shall have to take the climax apart (Geewizz) just to do the same. I would not have thought that Bachmann would have let this out on the market with this problem. Obviously they have never tried it up and down grade.
I have spoken to another owner of this loco and he found the same thing going down grade. So it isn’t just mine. A phone call to another person, and it’s the same.
What a pity.
Shamus
It is a beautiful looking loco.
1 – On flat straight and level track, it is perfect and runs like a dream.
2 – On some 20” radius curves it tends to have a very slight rock.
3 - Climbing grades, no problem and still runs well.
4 – Going down grade, it is a CRAB, it jerks backwards and forwards until it reaches level trackwork whereby it carries on and runs once again like a dream.
My Bachmann 0n30 Shays also did this going down grade until I added a couple of shims, perhaps I shall have to take the climax apart (Geewizz) just to do the same. I would not have thought that Bachmann would have let this out on the market with this problem. Obviously they have never tried it up and down grade.
I have spoken to another owner of this loco and he found the same thing going down grade. So it isn’t just mine. A phone call to another person, and it’s the same.
What a pity.
Shamus