and a whole lot of nothing while watching the Daytona 500.
Twas a heck of a race, were it not?
Oooops, whats this , a soapbox?
Climbing up
They done did it,,,,again!! OK, I tried to play nice.
I bought 3 undec Proto GP9's last year, for the purpose of installing sound and chop nosing them. When I got them, straight out of the box I checked the axle gears, and 75% of them were already split. Since they were new, I thought I'd do the "proper" repair and purchased new axles with wheels from Walthers. I installed them in all 3 and put them aside, as I had other projects demanding my time. Fast forward a year. I got victim #1 out to start the rebuild. I chopped the frame weight, installed a Tsunami and speaker, programmed the chassis and thought I'd take it for a test run. The sound system was perfect, but within the 1st foot of travel it started......thunk...thunk...thunk!!
Aaaargh! Back to the workbench where a quick truck disassembly revealed 2 split axles. Mind you, these engines have a grand total of about 20 feet on them since the new axles were installed!!!!
Thankfully I had a few spare Athearn axles to spare so I put them in. Yes, I know there are one or two of you out there gasping
because the Athearn gears are made differently and may not be a perfect match but you have to admit, they do work! The engine now runs smoothly.
It just drives me nuts that the Proto axle problems still exist, and worse yet that Walthers is in
total denial that there has ever been a problem!!
As soon as I can restock my gears, I'll be tearing the other 2 apart and split gears or not, they are being replaced. I'd rather do that now, than monkey with them after the paint and detail work is done!!!!
Whew, all better now
Climbing down,,,,I'll just put the box over here,,,I think Chris might want it back sometime!
Flo, can I get a Diet Coke,,,I'm feeling a little dry.....