Recently I purchased a used Athearn RTR C44-9W off of eBay. It was advertised as broken, but I was able to fix all of its problems with little effort using parts I already had at my disposal (and in turn, managed to acquire the locomotive for much cheaper than a fully-functional one)…
Well, I’ve fixed all of its ailments, save one… One of the clips on the top of the trucks that mounts the truck to the frame was broken on arrival… Without this clip, there’s nothing to hold the truck solid in its proper place, which causes it to shift around front and back and side to side, which in turn causes the driveshaft to slip out…
Does anyone know where I can find this part? I’ve looked all over and can’t seem to find it…
Well immediately after making my post, I’ve been able to identify the part I need… Turns out it’s called a “pivot clip”, part number ATH60515… It’s towards the bottom right of this exploded view…