Reply to "Review: FlyerChief S Scale 2-8-4 - Southern Railway 2716"

Rusty TraqueOGR Forum Member

RoyBoy posted:
Rusty Traque posted:

I gave all bearing surfaces a drop oil per the manual. The owner expressed concern about lubrication on the worm gear, so I removed the cover plate. I found the spur gear essentially dry although some residual oil seemed to be present, (It appears the only thing Lionel lubes is the pilot/trailing truck pivots and sliding surfaces) so I gave the spur gear a dab of LaBelle 106 Teflon grease. I also added a drop of oil to the inside of the driver bearings before buttoning it back up.

Rusty
Which cover plate did you remove, please? The one on the bottom with a bunch of screws? Did the guts try to fly out when the cover was removed? Any difficulties reattaching it?

Everything stayed put when the cover plate was removed. The thing is the pilot truck slot head screw also has to be removed. I wasn't able to work the cover plate off without removing it.

Getting the two washers and spring on the pilot truck is a little tricky to reassemble, though.

Rusty

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