Lionel Y6B repair info needed please

That's the old wick and the stuff that the factory uses.  The braided wick looks nothing like that.

 Thanks John, that clears up my curiosity about the wicking material.

Now to find the correct screws for the motor plate

The screws are most likely 4-40. Maybe about 7/16 in length. Get some and carefully thread the screw in. If you feel resistance after the first complete turn, stop and reconsider the screw thread size. But the parts fiche looks to use mostly 4-40 screws.

Ok so I found the screw needed on the Lionel site. Product # wouldn't pull up anything prior to yesterday. Says it is a #6-32 X 5/16 sm. Does anyone know what the sm stands for since the thread pitch and length is already in the description?

some screws on the page said sm and some said lg

Ok...guessing again, head size? I've seen small and large heads on their screws. 

I stared at the parts fiche but couldn't figure out which ones specifically were for the bracket. Were they with the bracket in the motor fiche?

I think Chuck has it, it's the head size.

cjack posted:

Ok...guessing again, head size? I've seen small and large heads on their screws. 

I stared at the parts fiche but couldn't figure out which ones specifically were for the bracket. Were they with the bracket in the motor fiche?

Ok so I tried to pin point the grinding noise issue to the source. Ran the locomotive only with the shell off in both directions as well as left and right turns. I could feel a harsh vibration on the motor can, the noise was intermittent. Took the motor back out and ran on a test track. The noise is not nearly as pronounced in this video running the motor only but I'm sure the drive train amplified it as well as extra stress on the motor when all is assembled. 

Thoughts?

If you haven't found the screws, and you run any loco's with magna-traction, check their wheels for the screws.  Just a possibility.

Fred

Sparky74 posted:

cjack posted:

Ok...guessing again, head size? I've seen small and large heads on their screws. 

I stared at the parts fiche but couldn't figure out which ones specifically were for the bracket. Were they with the bracket in the motor fiche?

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Norfolk & Western LEGACY 2-8-8-2 Y6b Steam Locomotive ONLY #2171 then #22 in diagram

Ah very good. I see the bracket is on the motor and I didn't see it because of the way the motor is turned...except on the motor only picture.

Sparky74 posted:

Ok so I tried to pin point the grinding noise issue to the source. Ran the locomotive only with the shell off in both directions as well as left and right turns. I could feel a harsh vibration on the motor can, the noise was intermittent. Took the motor back out and ran on a test track. The noise is not nearly as pronounced in this video running the motor only but I'm sure the drive train amplified it as well as extra stress on the motor when all is assembled. 

Thoughts?

Worn or loose bearing? Gravity changes the noise.