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Reply to "putting a can motor in an American Flyer S gauge UP 372 GP7"

@Rayin"S" posted:

No, you will need to send SnS the chassis. I have had a couple of gps converted to can motors, they will run great. You will after the conversion look at the idea of adding some weight to the locomotive, the can conversion will noticably reduce the traction on that power truck. One of my GPs was a T&P, it was not capable of pulling the second locomotive without adding weight.

Ray

They need the complete chassis as they need to do some milling to accept the new gear assembly. They also machine and fit new bushes for the axles as far as I remember. In many cases it would be pointless to convert to the SnS motor/gear assembly and still have worn out axle holes.

One of the benefits  in going this route is that it reduces considerably the current draw on the motor which therefore reduces the electric arcing which is the Achilles heel of worn out axle holes in the chassis.

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