ironlake2 posted:I wish scott would go back to the universal drive on his steamers. My 3 rail Selkirk quit running awhile back and finally found a guy to fix it. The motor pully broke, the drive belt broke and the set screw on the flywheel was too tight and was stripped. The flywheel was just free spinning on the motor shaft. The standard dogbone universal on the flywheel to gear box runs forever. I have a Williams big boy and it has hours of running time and still is in great running condition. If you have many hours on a steamer with the belt drive might be a good thing to check it out. My lionel and mth engines have the same drive as Williams and they run flawlessly smooth.
Hello ironlake2
Keep in mind that Sunset 3rd uses many different types of drive systems on their steam locomotives through out the years so can you take a picture of the drive system that failed on your 2-10-4 Selkirk ? I have about 10 hours of running time on my Sunset 3RD S.F. 5011 class 2-10-4 and no failure of any kind. When I purchased it in 2012, I took it apart and gone through drive train system lubing it well before running. This type of drive system in my 5011 is the "quiet drive" system with ball bearings and the cog type belt hardly fails it has almost same type of material as the timing belt of the car. I had Williams brass Big Boy back in 1990's and the gears in the front engine are not as tough as the gears in my 2-10-4. So what happen ? Take a picture showing the drive system of your Selkirk if you can? I know some people will run their trains without oil or grease and of course any drive system it will fail. If you can take a look in Ebay of Sunset 3RD engines for sale (some will show drive train systems pictures) and you will know that not all uses the same systems, some as not as good as others but I believe the Selkirk has the same system as my S.F. 5011 has and the drive train has held up pretty well so far and the S.F.5011 is 15 years old now. This engine has the toughest gearbox I ever seen as I had many brass locomotives in 1980's (Key imports, PFM ,Westside models, Williams and Sunset) and worked on them too. The WORSE one was the sunset 2 rail "O" scale U.P. 9000 4-12-2 of 1980 era.
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