@Ted S.....ahh, yes,...I do remember a couple of locomotives with some discerning shaft issues....good point...99% of the time I wind up having to make custom shafts from brass tubing for my builds....therefore, I can carefully get shaft end play and phase the joints how I want them ( 180 degrees apart ) be interesting to see what’s the issue with some of these....don’t think it’s a widespread issue as there’s only a handful of complaints....if it turns out to be too short of a shaft issue, the better remedy ( without a bumpy trip back to Lionel) would be a custom shaft like this:......
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