Hi all, I have a 2-10-0 of a friend and a 2-8-0 which have chewed through (put a nice U shape into) the final axle gear drive on each of them. These engines would both be about the same age!
Bachmann want to sell the entire wheelset and with freight to Australia becomes a bit prohibitive, and no guarantees of course that the gear(s) would be any better.
I would like to ask two questions, 1. Is this a common problem with Spectrum engines and 2 Is there a possibility of a different type of gear that could be put in place. It seems to be about 7.4mm diameter nylon type. I am not too worried about taking it off the axle and having to re quarter it and would prefer to do that than waste a gear set.
Thanks in Anticipation and Merry Xmas to everyone on the forum!
Trevor www.xdford.digitalzones.com FYI