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Re: 9volt motor problems -- I think
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Wed, 9 Dec 1998 17:29:03 GMT
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An update for those of you who were curious:
Matt Bates was correct -- the front wheels were lifting the motor wheels
off the tracks just enough to disrupt the electrical contact. The motor is
fine, my construction techniques are not.
So, I had to completely rebuild the front of the engine in order to correct
this problem. This included adding a weight brick (which LEGO should sell
in one of it's parts packs BTW) and lowering the front wheel assembly by a
plate. I don't think these modifications disturbed the aesthitics too
much, but I'll be posting some new pictures of the modifications soon to my
web site.
All of this made me wish Will Chapman had included some more detailed
pictures of his front wheel assembly techniques on his Web site. It really
adds tremendous realism (IMHO) to LEGO steam engines, so kudos to Will for
coming up with this.
Thanks again to Matt for sharing his thoughts.
Steve Berry
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> From: Matthew Bates <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com>
> To: lugnet.trains@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: 9volt motor problems -- I think
> Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 10:03 AM
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> Steve Berry writes:
> > I have a perplexing problem going on with my 9 volt train motor that • I'm....
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> I think first you need to remove the motor from your model and see if • still
> works ok on its own. If it does, it sounds like your front wheels are • lifting
> it off the track slightly and not allowing it to make a good electrical
> contact. Of course, if it's still bad on its own then it's probably bad! • I
> suspect Lego Consumer Service will replace it for you if you send it to • them,
> they are nice like that. Does it make a sort of grinding noise when it
> 'drags'? Maybe the gears inside are skipping - if so I'd definitely send • it
> back, opening it up will only make it worse.
>
> Matt
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