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Madman

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Where can I find the counter weights and side rods for this LGB loco?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331296553410?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
Right here:

http://www.modell-land.de/industrie-2062-2063-c-169_236.html?page=2&sort=2a

It looks like they have the counterweighted axle parts plus the side rods...


Keith
 
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LGB always replaced these items free for me. I noticed one counterweight screw is missing which has nothing to do with the locomotive operation.
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I can't understand why the connecting rods and one fly crank would break - unless they were out of synch somehow (maybe the missing screw has something to do with it) or there's a design fault.

Is this is a common problem with this type of loco?

Rik
 
I would of thought that one axel has had the drive gear moved out of position by one tooth causing the crank and rods to break.
 
Keith and Rik, you are both on the right track I believe. The guy that had this loco says he used it quite a bit and had replaced the side rods a couple of times. I read, in these forums, about the difference between the six wheeled loco verses the four wheeled version. It seems the six wheeled variety had more wear issues in the driver area than the four wheeled model.

By the way, thanks for the link Keith.
 
Order the Modell-land parts in the USA from Train-li as they do orders every 6 to 8 weeks and handle all the shipping/handling charges and spread them out across all the combined customer orders.
 
Thanks Dan. I did just that and have already received the parts. They are extremely helpful in matters like this.
 
The 0-6-0 version was particularly prone to breakage. Any more debris such as a twig caught up in the drive would usually snap a coupling rod as they have a weak spot at the journals. I cannot recall seeing a crank break though.
 
Makes me wonder, Tim. The guy who sold me the loco said it was his best puller. He may have stressed it a bit too far. If the price hadn't been what it was, I would have definitely passed on this one. So far it seems to run smoothly and doesn't have any issues with needing too much power to get it running. One of the first clues, for me, is how high do I need to move the throttle. It seems that if I have to ramp up the power to get a loco running at moderate speed, there must be an issue with the motor.
 
Dan,
have you had it apart yet? Possibly the stock grease has turned to mush and a service is needed. I wonder also if it has a delayed starting system so that a higher voltage is needed to get it mobile.

Edit: afterthought. With the cranks misaligned how are the internal gears? The solitary red crank indicates he may have had other issues previously. I always thought that it was the Chinese version that had crank/rod issues. The red and blue versions were German made and always highly desirable.
 
Tim,

That was the first thing I did when I received it. Gears are like new, as is the gear lubricant. I checked the quartering and all was fine. In fact, the wheels and skates hardly had any wear.

So, is the red version, the one I have, a Chinese product? In the past I owned the #50 D & RG version. I've since sold it, but while I had it it was a workhorse.

One other question on the red version. Where the exhaust stack should be there is a dome like cover. Didn't these locos have an exhaust?
 
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