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Re: Advice.
Make a chalk mark on the out side of the drive wheels- when you apply power you will be able to see if the wheel is spinning(otherwise everthing is black-hard to see) If so, look to see if it has rubber traction tires(like rubber bands) on any of the drive wheels. If not, look to see if any of the drive wheels have a groove in them, that would mean there were tires but they are gone, and you can replace them. If there are no tires or any grooves to put them in, I have used Bullfrog Snot (not a joke!) It is an easy to use do-it yourself liquid rubber that I have used to replace rotted tires or to increase traction on engines with no tires. Follow the directions (guys hate that, but do it anyway!) And it will work great. O scale engines need two coats with 24 hours between and after,(which is way more drying time than the directions say) as you are putting on a lot more rubber than on an HO or smaller engine. I keep really heavy engines on their side for a week as I have had them "flat spot" during the curing time. Let me know how it works, or if you need help. Mark Richert
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 8:02 AM, Steve Wise
<swise@aoot.com> wrote:
I got a lionel sd40 made in 1987 from ebay, the unit
sounds like it is losing its traction, I lubricated the
gears and oiled the axles like the directions told me to but
still is running the same. Let me know if there is a way to
fix this problem for I like this engine and want to one of
these days bring to the club. Thx!
Matt Sanders,
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Mark Richert