The symptom - a Diesel Locomotive hesitates, stops, then jerks ahead, momentarily shorts, or in extreme cases will not move at all.
On Athearn, Atlas, BLI perhaps all HO diesel locos I find they use a split Drive Axle with a gear in the middle to hold the two axle halves in gauge and transmit power to the rails.
To test these gears, I remove the axle/gear from the truck, grab each side and try to twist the wheels. If I feel ANY slip, it has been my practice to replace al the gears in the Locomotive.
My question, is their an allowable amount of slip?
Has anyone tried successfully to use either loctite or SuperGlue to repair slipping axles?
Thanks
Joe Baldwin
On Athearn, Atlas, BLI perhaps all HO diesel locos I find they use a split Drive Axle with a gear in the middle to hold the two axle halves in gauge and transmit power to the rails.
To test these gears, I remove the axle/gear from the truck, grab each side and try to twist the wheels. If I feel ANY slip, it has been my practice to replace al the gears in the Locomotive.
My question, is their an allowable amount of slip?
Has anyone tried successfully to use either loctite or SuperGlue to repair slipping axles?
Thanks
Joe Baldwin
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