Reply to gunnrunerjohn and Matt. First response to gunrunnerjohn when the helical gear connection to the shaft failed I just wanted to buy the geared truck assembly Bachmann had no assemblies for a long time probably two years ago. I disassembled the truck with the failed gear connection and being familiar with Locotite products from work I chose to purchase the Loctite 641 retaining compound to bond the helical gear to the axle. Now the response to Matt, I chose this retaining compound when comparing the shearing strength of similar Locktite compounds based on the torque necessary to shear this bond. If the brass helical gear teeth fail, Frank Timko had the replacement brass helical gear, I purchased 5 for spares. You can use other Locktite products but remember the higher the shearing strength of the compound the disassembly will become more difficult.
|
|
