Greetings, I have a 1970's era DT&I NW2 switcher from the yardmaster set that I used hard as a child. Recently I rediscovered all my trains and have been cleaning, lubricating, building etc... I had this engine running fairly well for a few months, but now it's binding bad. I have traced the problem to the collection of gears on the outside of the truck. Everything else is cleaned, lubed and turns smoothly. The gears on the outside of the truck have so much play/wobble that they get jammed and cause the loco to stutter badly at slow to medium speed. At ultra high speed they stay lined up and work great. It's at start up and lower speeds that they bind. The small gears between the wheel gear and center gear seem to be the ones that twist enough to lock up the whole assembly. Can I shim the entire axle to one side to keep these five gears all in a straight row? What else can be done to these? Thanks for any help. Arlo
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