Reply to "SF F3 AA #22L-22C - 6-85186 - Locked Truck !"

JohnActonOGR Forum Member

Ted S posted:
After watching the video again, I agree with JDaddy. We've discussed this before. The problem is axle gauging and the mesh of the spur gears on the outside of the truck.
https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...-lionel-service-dept
Mr. Garcia might be a candidate for the "bread clip mod," but the real solution would be a new truck block from Lionel with properly gauged axles, and spur gears that don't wobble excessively on their studs.

I had an SD-40-2 "pre LionDrive" that had loose drive axles and found that the wheels were just not pushed on the axles to the stop. By the time I figured this out I had the motors out and the trucks off the chassis. So I pulled the side frames off and with two paint paddles between the jaws of my large vice and the wheels I slowly cranked the jaws of the vice closed. Problem cured. J

6/10/1912:31 AM

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