Big Haulers Loco Motor Noise ....

[dude2112]

Hi to all.....
I have just got a Bachmann Big Haulers loco and tender. I believe it is an early one as it has plastic running gear and I have to put a 9 volt battery in the tender to get sound. At least it works though
My question is about the amount of noise coming from the motor..... it is quite loud compared to my Thomas stuff and indeed my 45 Ton Diesel that has 2 motors.

Anyone with these locos found the same ?

 

[ntpntpntp]

Yeah I have an early one I got very cheap. It has a lot of gear noise.

 

[spoz]

While they have always had a bit of a reputation for noisiness, it would be worth making sure that you don't have either a completely dry gearbox or one with a build up of dried oil/grease. The motion also contributes some noise, particularly if one of the piston or connecting rods is a bit bent.

 

[trammayo]

As said, they can be quite noisy. Lubrication of all moving/pivoted parts recommended. The 9v battery goes right back to the first (R/C) Big Haulers. I keep wondering if fitting a different sound unit would drown out the gear noise. Probably not!

PS - Use plastic friendly lube/gear grease!

 

[dude2112]

Thanks for answering peeps...
I cleaned out the old white grease, which to be honest had not gone off. Re-lubed everything with normal model oil but was way worse....

After 4 more try's I ended up using red general purpose grease applied with a cocktail stick to the relevant gearbox parts....
Sorted, a lot quieter and runs a lot smoother.

Cheers Andy.