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Title: GP 30 looses traction
Post by: jomazz on May 18, 2008, 07:29:09 AM
I have a fairly new Bachmann GP 30 dcc that will just sit ont the track and spin it's wheels. The first time this happened I cleaned the wheels and it worked fine. Now it's doing it again and no amount of cleaning works. Any ideas as to what the problem might be?
Title: Re: GP 30 looses traction
Post by: kevin2083 on May 18, 2008, 10:03:00 AM
Is the track straight and level? How many cars are you trying to pull? If the awnsers are "yes" and "0", then one of the driveshaft couplings may be broken. Check to see if all the wheels are spinning.
Title: Re: GP 30 looses traction
Post by: jomazz on May 18, 2008, 11:26:34 AM
It's not pulling any cars & all the wheels are turning as far as I can tell. The track is fine. All my other locos run without a problem. This thing will move a couple of inches but mostly just spins it's wheels.
Title: Re: GP 30 looses traction
Post by: kevin2083 on May 19, 2008, 03:31:08 PM
About all I can think of is that something is dragging. Maybe the feul tank isn't pressed up all the way. ???