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I've been wanting one of these for some time.  Last year i purchased a used one from an Ebay seller.  Long story short, he refunded almost all of my money when I could not get the accessory to operate.  I tore it apart and tried to find the problem with no luck.  There is a gearbox in there that's quite interesting, to say the least.

Fast forward to now.  Again, from a different Ebay seller, I purchased a new in the box reactor.  This evening I had the time to open the box, cut the tape on the styrofoam packing and hook it up.  Lights work, chute works to dump spent fuel.  But the arm, which depends on that gearbox does not move.  Yes, I have the selector lever in the automatic position.  The arm moves about a half inch and stops.  I can hear the motor running, but the arm will move no further.  

A stop at a local service station is next, because there is no way I'm opening up this baby.  I did contemplate sending it to Lionel but I don't relish the thought of paying postage on a box this size.

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Dan,

Fellow Forum member @DKDKRD and I are probably among the few that have done a deep dive into this accessory. Please do a quick search in the Forum archives as there is much valuable insight on this great reactor.

I can tell you that when gears and belts and voltage are just right it is a wonder to behold.

Hopefully KD will add his insights as well.

John

Dan,

The 6-14065 is the one I have as well. All the guts are under the red roof building that also has the lever that controls manual and automatic arm operation.

There is a tiny black drive belt in there that I replaced. I got the replacement from an vintage record player supply house that matched the original specs. There is also a tensioning screw that presses on the belt so optimistically that might be all your unit needs is a tightening of that adjustment. Lastly, Northwest Shortline made an exact copy of the nylon drive gear that is prone to deterioration, so that is worth a look as well.

That's about all the detail I can remember. Hope it helps some...

KD ! Good to hear from you! I posted this above info, but you beat me to it!😁

John

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Hello guys, here are a few images from my repair I did probably 8 years ago. I'm pretty sure I bought the part (gear) from chuck. The problem with mine was a visitor grabbed the arm and pulled, breaking the gear, but that was all the damage and mine has been flawless since purchased new.

Let me know if the pictures help of if you need additional angles.AEC OverviewDSCF7725Gear on AxelMotor closeMotor overview

Charlie

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Hello again guys.

Just checked and it was April of 2011 that I did the repair as shown in the images above. While I wish I had the correct part at the time, I don't think I am going to open it up again since it is still working. Now, I don't use it every day, but I would safely say it gets activated a few times a month on average.

If it does break again, I will use the NWSL part as pointed out above.

And yes, if you are already at this stage of repair, might as well swap out the rubber drive belt which is easy to do.

Again, let me know if you need more images as I have plenty. I took progress shots during the disassembly so I had a shot at getting it back together.

Good luck.

Charlie

Charlie posted:

Hello again guys.

Just checked and it was April of 2011 that I did the repair as shown in the images above. While I wish I had the correct part at the time, I don't think I am going to open it up again since it is still working. Now, I don't use it every day, but I would safely say it gets activated a few times a month on average.

If it does break again, I will use the NWSL part as pointed out above.

And yes, if you are already at this stage of repair, might as well swap out the rubber drive belt which is easy to do.

Again, let me know if you need more images as I have plenty. I took progress shots during the disassembly so I had a shot at getting it back together.

Good luck.

Charlie

Charlie, thank you for your excellent photos.  They will go a long way toward helping me when I tackle the job.

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