Ted S posted:Wow @JohnActon I would love to see some pics of this!
Ted here is a sketch of how it fits together. It will fit in many small locos. It also gives you two points which you can adjust the final drive ratio. At the bevel gear set or the worm wheel which requires slotted screw holes in the section of channel to adjust the vertical worm shaft fore/aft against the worm wheel. This is much more work than changing the bevel gear set. One could use standard pinion and crown gears but they make more noise than the bevel gears which are a matched set. You'll need a good small gear puller/press and a good drillpress that will drill perfectly vertical holes. Surprising how many won't do this. something I would do differently is to use washers and 4 Lionel ball thrust bearings instead of the bronze bearings with a one ball bearing at the bottom to hold the vertical worm steady on the vertical plain . I tried a stack of washers above and below the bevel crown gear but they created to much drag. I wish I had not hopped onto this kitbash thread, so time consuming, I don't know how Gunrunnerjohn does it. J
