Minimizing "HUM" from Athearn BB


ken_23434 said:
Do you have a part # and website for those wheelsets? I have looked up a few other brands I have seen recommended, but I don't know what part # is the correct one.

The advice I read about adding as much weight as possible stated you would get less crud buildup with heavier locos. Plus, I want the better wheels so I won't have the conductivity issues and such.
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I don't know that I buy the whole less gunk with more weight theory. Maybe that works for him, but every layout is different. I never noticed a correlation between weight and dirt with my engines on any of the layouts I have operated on.

The wheel catalog number is 369-101. A shop that carries them is here: http://www.1stplacehobbies.com/couplers.asp?sc=H&mfg=369&keys=1/2+axle&walthers=&sp=1&cp=1&lid=0. you can also get them from Caboose Hobbies or Walthers.

The rest of that tuneup info looks good, and is all stuff I've heard of or done (or both) before.
 
AyTrane said:
Check out this site...

http://www.mcor-nmra.org/Publications/Articles/Athearn_TuneUp.html

I have done this to one of mine, and the difference was night and day. I used petroleum jelly for gear lube. Make sure to clean everything very well before adding lubricant, or it will just get dirty and gross. Read the site thoroughly!
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That is one of the sites that I referenced when I did the tune up right after getting this engine. I didn't have the stuff for polishing the commutator, but I did the rest. I don't know if it improved the engine at all, since I took it apart, re-wired it, cleaned out all the old lube etc... before every putting the train on my layout.
 
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