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Title: Porter gear ratio
Post by: Richard L. Gardner on August 14, 2011, 06:18:09 PM

Can anyone tell me the gear ratio of the Bachmann On30 Porter 0-4-0? Thanks in advance, Richard L. Gardner

Title: Re: Porter gear ratio
Post by: NarrowMinded on August 14, 2011, 10:23:46 PM

Hi, dug out a old porter chassis from a botched dcc install attempt, 30:1 thirty turns of the motor equals one complete driver rotation.

NM-Jeff
P.S. my second attempt was successful ;D

Title: Re: Porter gear ratio
Post by: Richard L. Gardner on August 15, 2011, 11:45:53 AM

Thanks... NM-Jeff ! I haven't had nerve enough to extract the motor, just getting the saddle tank off was a chore. I did run across a site telling you how to install DCC that included instructions on removing the motor. Since it involved cutting some wires, I'm putting that off 'till I'm sure I want to go ahead and re-motor.

Richard L. Gardner

Title: Re: Porter gear ratio
Post by: NarrowMinded on August 15, 2011, 03:35:14 PM

The motor just snaps in from the top if i recall you can snap it out without cutting the wires but the leads arent very long.

NM-jeff

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