It seems to me if I put down $200 to $300 for a toy locomotive it ought to last longer than 5 to 10 years. I have had only one cracked gear in my sizable stable of AM locomotives and am hopeful that the cracked gear is a great exception and not the rule. Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > > At this point, I'm considering dumping the entire mess on eBay and going > > > back to HO or O scale > > > Matt Hogan > > As plastic ages, it outgases, becomes brittle and cracks quite easily. > Happens all the time when plastic parts are press-fitted to metal parts. > Happens in all scales even on expensive imported brass models. Usually it > happens five or ten years later -- you just got it sooner. Perhaps you got > an old model that had been sitting in the warehouse for many years. > > Or, perhaps a bad batch of plastic pellets were used to make the gears in the > first place. Who knows? Lotsa possibilities. > > AM is good about fixing problems and it would be worthwhile giving them a > chance. > > The saddest part of all this is that the problem is totally preventable by > using splines or flats on the metal shaft. The extra cost to do this is > minimal and should have become an industry standard 30 years ago. > > Good luck....Ed Loizeaux > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
