Thumbwheel Question | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

kanawhaOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I have a DCS remote that the thumbwheel is starting to get flaky. I can step speed up gradually to say 10 SMPH and the next thing I know is the engine is slowing down and the remote displays 3 SMPH. Is there any way to repair it? I can't see inside to see how it works. Are there contacts inside that some spray contact cleaner would help?

Fortunately I have a spare thumbwheel assembly that I can swap out, but with the unavailability of these from MTH I'd like to keep my spare as a spare as long as I can.

Ken

6/9/201:52 PM

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Engineer-JoeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

do a search for the exact post about cleaning the thumbwheel by https://ogrforum.com/member/willygee

6/9/202:44 PM

Engineer-JoeOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

https://ogrforum.com/...54#74073050743770354

6/9/207:17 PM

kanawhaOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Thank you. The picture of the encoder interior is great. I'm going to try some contact cleaner and see if that helps.

6/9/207:47 PM

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