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Re: New question/challenge...
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Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:05:12 GMT
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I have never seen/recognized a 9V piece for that purpose. But you can use
the middle wheels from the 12V motor and fit them into the holes on the side of
the 9V motor. I suspect that TLG put the holes there to eventually offer spare
wheels, but never did.
Michel
> Okay, so I'm looking at my old 12 volt train motor, and it's got two drive
> wheels per side and a hole in between each of them to add a third wheel. And • my
> 12v set included these extra wheels so that I have the option of adding them,
> or
> not.
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> Now I'm looking at the 9 volt motor, and I notice that it, too, has two drive
> wheels per side, and a hole in the middle. Now, LEGO has given us this piece
> that sits on the side of the motor, slots into the hole, and puts a sort of
> wheel cover over the drive wheels (you know the piece I mean). But the tab • that
> fits in the hole is only half the height of it. Which, of course, begs the
> question, is there another piece that fits this hole? Notice also that there's
> are narrow slits on each side of the hole which look suspiciously functional.
> Also the hole is not round. It's vertically oblong. I did try seeing if my 12v
> motor's extra wheels would fit, and they sort of did, but they sort of didn't.
>
> Anyway, to continue: if you take a wheelset and pull carefully on the wheels,
> the wheels and axle will pop right off. Then, you can pull the wheels easily
> off
> the axle. Now with just a magic piece to fit the hole in the motor, and which
> will slot into the axle hole or lock onto the stud on the inside of the wheel
> (a
> stud on the inside of the wheel -can't- be a coincidence), you can have a six-
> wheeled, powered motor!
>
> So... what's the magic piece? I keep thinking that some obscure piece I • already
> own would fit perfectly, but I have yet to find it. Can anyone else come up
> with a solution, either LEGO or (gasp!) otherwise?
>
> Rick Clark
> jrclark@nospam.aol.com
> http://members.xoom.com/jrickclark
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