ironlake2 posted:the drive on the Selkirk is the belt drive from the motor geared to belt to the gear on the lower drive shaft which rides in a ball bearing in the rear to the ball bearing gearbox on the driver. The problem is the belt not handling the torque the big pittman motor driving a big 1-10-4 steamer that pulls a 12 car passenger car and a poor quality set screw on the flywheel. I have older 3rd rail engines that have the universal drive system and are still running great. In fact I have 24 of them, 3rd rail, lionel, mth, weaver Williams and the only belt drive I have is the Selkirk. I even have to pay for the defective parts from sunset 3rd rail.
Hello ironlake2
ok so the belt and set screw for flywheel is defective is that all ? Those two parts are easy to replace and of low cost. Did you add more weight in the boiler? Did you purchased the engine new or used(second hand). This is the same system that's on my S.F. 5011 and I don't have any problems like that. Something is not right here I wondered.
Tiffany
