11-08-2010, 10:25 AM
Genetk44 Wrote:Tetters...keep in mind these locos can suffer from the dreaded "cracked axle gear problem" that can cause jerky noisy running...just have a very very close look at the little gear on each of the axles...if its cracked just get a replacement gear from Athearn.
Cheers
Gene
It's not a cracked axle. Otherwise it would be doing the "Funky Chicken" at all speeds. I've repaired a couple of P2K GPs with the cracked axle problem and know the symptoms...a couple of them jerking so bad I thought they would launch off the track.
At speed notch 2 its like butter, nice, slow and smooth. I think it just needs a small dot of grease on the worm gear and it will be nice and super slow at 1.