Bachmann HO Septa Trolley Motorized Truck issue

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tombbbb

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Good morning,
My Bachmann HO Septa Trolley Car motorized truck has an issue, with which I hope someone can help. The motor has detached from the body of the truck causing it to flop around and not engage with the gears and drive wheels. Looking at it , it looks like maybe there should be a small screw from inside the body of the truck going into the case of the motor. I cannot hear anything rattling around inside the truck.
Before I start taking it apart even more, and creating worse problems, can anyone tell me if there is a way to re attach the motor to the body of the truck? I'm attaching photos which may hopefully give more information.
Thanks,
Tom
 

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The only thing i suggest without blown up instructions is to unscrew apart the gearbox assembly to see how exactly is the shaft of the motor attached to any gear. Looks like there is a worm gear inside, and the motor shaft was supposed to be directly attached to that worm gear. Is the motor just flapping around on some universal joint?
 
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Thomas Bentz​

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Thank You very much for the help.
My son took the truck apart and found two screws, going from the truck into the motor shell, and he put it back together. So far, so good. If it falls apart again, at least we'll know where to start.
Thank you very much for your response and help.
Tom
 




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