Does anyone happen to have an older 4-4-0 Motor Transmission Shaft to spare? The part number is 9852. I picked up an old 4-4-0 with the straight smoke stack and got it running but I am missing the motor shaft. The catalog only shows the newer type motor shaft. On my engine the motor is in the tender and the worm gearing is in the engine. The shaft connects the two.

Thanks.

Dave

bobwrgt,

Thanks for the reply. I'll give the grease a try. Wonder how the manufacturers did it.

Dgun (Dave)

Curtishelde,

Thanks for the reply. My F9 underbody must be different from yours. Mine has two plates like a sandwhich. When opened by freeing two screws, one at either end, you are looking at the two trucks, the propeller shafts, and the motor. I can get everything lined up until I have to put the two plates together. This takes a bit of moving them around. Movement causes the propeller shafts to fall out.

I recently dug out my n scale trains. They haven't been run in maybe 30 years. The F9 diesel refused to operate. Took it apart and determined that the motor was dead. Had another F9 that the kids had broken but the motor tested good. Swapped the good motor into the F9 I was working on. Now I can't seem to find the trick to reassembly. The propeller shafts keep falling out as I bring the side pieces together. Can anyone provide me with the process to follow to get the engine running again?

Thanks.

Dgun (Dave)