New Legacy B6sb 0-6-0 whirring sound

I would definitely lubricate all your engine grease locations and small drop of oil on each moving side rod mechanism's! you remove the screw in the center of the wheel's and inject grease into the whole put enough to fill the whole! always remember new engine whoever makes them Lionel or MTH or any manufacture sometimes slip threw the factory where there built and don't get lubricated at all!

also yo might take the engine cover off and inspect if flywheel is hitting tach board or gear box plate is loose or not aligned right causing motor noise issues!

Alan

Alan

A would be the grease screw hole. Remove the screw and shoot some grease in there with a syringe.

A video with the sounds completely off would be better, but that sounds like gear noise.

If it doesn't get better after greasing. I'd consider requesting an ra from Lionel and sending it to them for warranty repair.

The drawback being, Lionel customer service is difficult to get ahold of.

I’m with Rick, and somewhat with Alan on this one, ....I’d shove some grease in the well and see where that leads you,...however, if it’s under warranty I wouldn’t do as Alan suggested as removing the shell could potentially void the warranty,....that’s not rod or valve noise, although a drop of oil on everything that moves is not a bad idea, ......RickO is right on the money, some grease loaded in a syringe is the easiest thing to do,....be mindful of the tiny gasket on that screw, sometimes it’ll stick to the screw, sometimes on the locomotive, and sometimes it disappears never to be seen again,...😉

Pat

If grease and oiling don't change it, I would say it sounds like the flywheel is rubbing on the tach reader or wires inside the shell.

Doug

Turn the sounds totally off so we can actually hear the noise and not the audio!

I removed the screw and gasket below the main axel gear and added grease. The whirring sound persists! Here are 2 short videos:

#1has the whirring sound with the Railsounds off

#2 has the faint beep beep beep sound that the tender makes with track power on and the engine shut down

Is that the only track you’ve operated it on?  If you have a loop of tubular try it there just for sake of trying.

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the whirring occurs on both Atlas O and tubular track per the attached video.

I'm leaning more towards a gear issue after that video. Its harsh, and seems to oscillate a bit in time with the rotation of the drivers.

I'd contact Lionel for warranty repair, unless your dealer would consider an exchange.

Noisy gearboxes seems to be a more common issue in the last few years. I recall the shuddering of the legacy J3a hudsons last year.

I’m beginning to think Rick is correct.  

Thanks to all of you for the suggestions! An exchange from my Lionel dealer is not possible because my road name (Great Northern) is sold out. So, I’m going to begin the process tomorrow of getting an RA from Lionel Warranty Service... the last time I did this in August for a problem with my new Legacy Big Boy, it took over a week to reach them on the phone and then another 4 weeks to receive the official RA via email. My Big Boy was returned to me after 5 more weeks with the smoke unit repaired, but the right side work lights no longer operable... it’s now been back at Lionel for another month... someday I hope to run my Big Boy... and my Great Northern B6sb!

I recall the shuddering of the legacy J3a Hudson last year. actually Alex M figured that one out replaced the grease with a good quality grease in the gear box, Alex recorded a video of the new engine at the time!

Alan

I had that happen on my MTH F3 can motors.  The screws were loose on the motor mounts.  I tightened them up and ran great afterwards. Hope this is as easy a fix as that.

Thank you all for your help & support! It is a beautiful engine and definitely worth the aggravation of sending it back to Lionel Warranty Service.