Group,
I've got a 773 Hudson where the crank pin on the center of the six wheel set wants to pop out while the train is in motion. I sent this to Trainz.com for repair, paid $60 and got it back today. When I tested it, the pin popped out as soon as I ran the locomotive. Anybody have any other suggestions for a way to fix this....or has anyone else run into this problem before? Any other repair places you would recommend for fixing it?
Grady McKinley
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If you paid $60 for a repair that didn't work, I'd be getting in contact with Trainz.
Oh don't worry....I've already called and left them a message....just trying to cover my bases.
Group,
I've got a 773 Hudson where the crank pin on the center of the six wheel set wants to pop out while the train is in motion. I sent this to Trainz.com for repair, paid $60 and got it back today. When I tested it, the pin popped out as soon as I ran the locomotive. Anybody have any other suggestions for a way to fix this....or has anyone else run into this problem before? Any other repair places you would recommend for fixing it?
Grady McKinley
As I recall, that pin is just a rivet. It should be just a matter of removing the eccentric crank assy. and tapping on the back of that pin with a small hammer with the aid of something with a small diameter pressed against the pin. Be careful,though, that you don't hammer it so much that the crank can't turn anymore. If that doesn't do it, you can always replace the entire crank assy. Any of the parts dealers would have one. I wonder what Trains.com did to it. They should have replaced the part if they coudn't get the pin to stay in.
Are you referring to one of the pins that are pressed directly into the drive wheels? If you want to try a replacement, the part number for the original postwar 773 is 773-24 crank pin.
If the engine was mine, I'd try using a drop of either super glue or locktite.
First I'd carefully clean the pin and hole with some mineral spirits to ensure that there is no grease or dirt. Then I would put a very small amount in the hole, and re-insert the pin. Wouldn't want the glue/locktite getting where it does not belong!
Well that's what you get for sending your train to Trainz.
The only person qualified to take care of a Lionel Hudson in my opinion is Dennis Waldron of DEW Associates Corp.
You send him stuff and pins don't pop out.
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