Marty Fitzhenry posted:Guys, in many cases with Lionel parts you are better off to buy the motor with the flywheel, ring, and new board in one unit. I have pulled many a flywheel in my life and yes you can save a few bucks. Buy the whole package and be done. In many applications you can not buy the parts and need to buy everything together.
Yep, great minds think alike...
gunrunnerjohn posted:Unless you're equipped to pull the flywheel, you'll probably be better off just picking up a motor with the encoder and magnet, they go for around $26-32, depending on the specific model. The magnet and replacement flywheel for fixing the magnet goes for around $12 for the set as I recall. Without a wheel puller that is sized for the job, it's pretty difficult to convince the old flywheel to come off.
