Kato N scale Mikado shorting - ideas, please

Model Railroader Electronics and DCC
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Hi all,

I’ve just installed DCC in one of the Kato Mikados, and everything seemed to work fine with the frames loosened. However, with the frames tightened, it seems that the motor casing (metal) is shorting against the sides and end of the frame. Short of covering every possible contact area up with tape, can anyone suggest any other way I could solve this problem?

Thanks in advance,

tbdanny

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Best advice I can give is to take it apart and make sure the lower brush cap is isolated fronm the frame. There is next to no clearance down there.

Martin Myers

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Martin,

Thanks for the suggestion, but there’s already a piece of tape over that brush cap. It’s the actual motor casing that’s shorting out - it’s a ‘C’ shaped piece of bent metal with the motor inside it.

Cheers,

tbdanny

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Problem solved.

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And the problem was?

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There’s a plastic motor clip - when in correctly, it looked like it was pinching/not fitting. Turns out it wasn’t. [oops]