JamesRx posted:I did apply grease to the visible gear on the wheel that seemed hard to turn but it didn't help.
You also want to grease the worm gear and main gear in the gearbox of each truck.
Turn the loco over and using a small phillips screwdriver remote the pickup rollers, and the 4 screws that hold the gearbox cover on.
This will expose the gears, fill the gearbox with grease and reassemble. These locos came from the factory with little to no grease in the gearboxes. Even if this doesn't resolve the issue, it will still need it.
Secondly, I agree with Dave P regarding the radius of the curves. Regardless of Lionels recommendation.
I used to own a pair of these. O-36 is wayyyy too tight for these 17" long 6 axle diesels, not to mention all the wheels are flanged on these as well.
I ran mine on 0-60 and they still looked out of place. IMO nothing bigger than 4 axle diesels on o-36.
If none of these suggestions help, including the tires, I'd ship it to Mike Reagan and get it fixed right. His turnaround time cannot be beat and its just as good as sending it to Lionel......just pretend its 2014
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