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Question about LEGO train motors
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lugnet.trains
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Date:
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Sun, 6 Feb 2005 03:05:18 GMT
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What’s the scoop on getting LEGO train motors to run (and keep running)
smoothly?
As our motors age, they tend to make grinding gear sounds.
This weekend I converted 7 motors to DCC using 5 brand new motors. Some are OK
and some grind away, typically working better in one direction than the other.
My theory is that opening them to install the encoders agrgravates a problem
that occurs even in sealed units. If the bottom is not pressed tightly up
against the top, the axles have room to wobble and the gears don’t make proper
contact and grind.
Is that what’s going on? Or is it some other phenomena? In any event, what can
be done to make motors run better?
-Ted
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Question about LEGO train motors
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| (...) I have never modified a motor for DCC. LUCNY isn't that advanvced ... yet. But I have had to fix a couple of motors. One was too far gone, while a couple of others were fixable. The problem I found was the mesh between the motor's pinion gear (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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