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    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)
 

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