Hi Gary. The Steamlines Shay does NOT creep - by Shay standards it's a "Ton up and nothing on the clock " job - it can and often does run several times faster than a Shay should.
Jim Gregg. At 11:08 AM 2/12/02 -0800, you wrote: >Jim Gregg, >Wow, I had no idea about a possible source of replacement gears. I fully >expected I would be best off if I replaced both entire trucks with a DJB >Engineering http://www.djbengineering.co.uk/. The original side frames are >amazingly soft metal. You might be right about the alloy, but I do clearly >see a tiny lump of metal bridging each gear and the shaft, except for the >one spinning gear. >The mesh in these gears is not the smoothest I have ever seen. I would >expect brass gears or delrin to be better. But with slop and not perfect >meshing, they still work. >I have one truck all realigned and straightened now. After buying some >Loctite I will realign the other truck and try another run over the trestle >loop, holding my breath as it creeps along. >http://www.angelfire.com/or/trainguy or >http://community.webshots.com/user/raltzenthor for photos of the trestle. >~Gary - still cutting down trees and fiddling with the Steamlines Shay in >Eugene, Oregon > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Alison & Jim Gregg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 2:59 AM >Subject: Re: Steamlines Shay > > > > Hi Gary > > > > You really surprise me with the comment below re spot welded gears! Mine > > are "Muck Metal" - (Mazak or some sort of Aluminium based diecast alloy), > > and the whole lot would melt if one tried the spot weld trick I think. > > > > The gears a on mine (originals) are from the differential of a Tamiya or > > Kyosho electric R/C race car - Therefore the source for spares.... > > > > Jim Gregg. > > > > At 12:31 AM 2/12/02 -0800, you wrote: > > >Thanks Jim! > > >I read your note after dissasembling both trucks. One axle did have a >loose > > >crown/drive gear. > > >The side frames were out of alignment badly! The side frames were pretty > > >bent up, which caused binding. > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++<< CUT >>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > >. One truck remains a bit too stiff from > > >my view. So I have more fiddling to do. Thanks for the suggestion to use > > >Loctite...I was thinking I needed to find a spot welder with small >equipment > > >since the other three gears are tacked on with one spot weld. > > > > ++++++++++++++<< CUT >>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > >~Gary > > > > > > > >
