I have an American Flyer 30B transformer on my workbench. It started out looking very grungy. The dead mans control handles wouldn't even turn. But after a careful cleaning things are looking better.
I am interested to know if there are any places where people apply lubricants to the controls.
As I rotate the control hubs, they seem to really rub against the transformer case. And I can see wear marks where the edges of the underside of the hub rubs against it.
I also find it interesting that the last 30B I did had the power wiper arms mounted on brackets attached to the transformer coil. The dead mans controls had short arms that engaged the wiper arms when the dead mans lever was pushed down.
This transformer has the wiper arms attached directly to the dead mans controls. They must hover above the transformer's windings until the dead mans level was pushed down.
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