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    Re: 8448 gearing problems —Daniel Crichton
   "Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrd3d3k9ttz.fsf....uio.no... (...) Yes, but I think I'll take it apart and check again in case something has moved. (...) Really? When putting the car in first and pushing it (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: 8448 gearing problems —Johannes Keukelaar
     "DC" == Daniel Crichton <danielc@helio.co.uk> writes: DC> When putting the car in first and pushing it forwards (without any DC> motors attached) the gearbox clicks badly, and does the same if DC> reverse and pushing it backwards. Well, I definitely (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: 8448 gearing problems —Jennifer Clark
      (...) Agreed. I remember my 8448 as being very smooth when it was built, and I was able to motorise it using the older 9V ungeared motor no problem. If my memory is correct I geared the motor down by 9:1 before the gearbox, and it would even start (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
     
          Re: 8448 gearing problems —Daniel Crichton
       (...) I ripped the gearbox apart and tried again, and I think I solved it - the motor I had on the mountings behind the engine to drive the gearbox was a bit loose so I'd added some plates to hold in place, and I think one of them was catching on (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
     
          Re: 8448 gearing problems —Mikkel Benedikt Breiler Mikkelsen
      (...) I seem to recall that a rug is like kryptonite to the power of a LEGO motor.. and for this model which I got when I was 11, and have always been very happy with, I solved the problem of slow motorization using two motors, two 3-stud gears and (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: 8448 gearing problems —Daniel Crichton
     "Johannes Keukelaar" <johannes@nada.kth.se> wrote in message news:j0owv0wtb86.fsf....kth.se... (...) Thanks. I thought it might have been me, but after reading all the posts about the problems with the pneumatics I thought I'd ask. Dan (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: 8448 gearing problems —Fredrik Glöckner
   (...) I think it sounds like you have a problem with a stuck axle or something like that. Try to see if all the axles in the gear box run smoothly. Notice that in every gear position, _all_ the gear cogs in the gear box spin when the wheels are (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.technic)
 

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