Really looking for some insight/advice here, everyone- first, the good news. Yesterday, I purchased my first Lionel Legacy locomotive- had been looking for a major freight carrier diesel and the CSX SD60 (6-28356) cab 8703 fits the bill! I’ll start with my question and after that provide info that may be useful in helping someone answer my question. Any help or information is GREATLY appreciated!!
QUESTION: If I were to run a Lionel Legacy SD60 that is currently missing the Liondrive Coupling on one of it's trucks(the rear truck) is there a HIGH likelihood that the engine could be severely damaged? Could putting the Liondrive coupling on the other truck reduce the likelihood of a mess-up? As far as I know, the Liondrive Couplings on a model are identical.
How I would be runing the engine:7 foot long, 13 foot wide oval of MTH realtrax that has O-42 curves and a single turnout which will be straight for the time being. Consist would be 6 freight cars, nothing lighted.
Here is a list of parts for the Loco:
https://www.lionelsupport.com/...d0-9f03-a991b9afbbdc
I know that these provide traction for the motor as the coupling sits around the rod and below the crossed shaped object on the bottom of the flywheel motor. Without the coupling, it is my understanding that the truck still receives power but without a Liondrive coupling the wheels on the truck lose their tractive effort. Before I knew that the Liondrive coupling was missing, I ran the engine a few times.
It did stop twice, at the same spot while going through the same section of that curve. That said, I "tapped" on the cab roof with just enough power to slightly jerk the loco's body and it made the loco resume like that- not a restart but like it ha been "stuck". Initially I thought I over-greased but it wasn't that. HOWEVER, the night before I was spraying model glues and sealers in the process of adding ground covering, grass layers, foliage, etc... specifically in that area and admittedly was a bit lazy with making sure the rails stayed clean. I purposely cleaned that area of track only slightly and sure enough the reliable TMCC loco I had chose got to that area of track it had trouble before making it over. No more problems like that afterwards, just user control problems as I tried to memorize functions.
