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Messages - Paul Almquist

#1
Large / 38 ton, 2 truck Shay power truck problem
September 18, 2009, 01:05:50 AM
Hi--

I was running my new Shay when it suddenly stopped.  Upon inspection I found that both front and back universal joints broke and the loco would not move.  No clue why.  Frustrated, I put it on a shelf to deal with later.  Well later has come,  several month later in fact.. 

I called the Bachmann parts department and learned that I cannot buy just the U-joint assembly or individual u-joint parts.  I have to replace the entire truck, in this case both trucks.  I am wondering, has anyone else encountered this problem and found a replacement u-joint of some kind?  At this point I'm only interested in a functional replacement and will deal with a "closer to the real thing" replacement at a later time.

Any and all suggestions are welcome.   Thanks

paul
#2
I have ordered from them at least 4 times in the last 2 years without any problems of significance.  The items were not Bachmann but that should not make a difference.

paul