I turned the one gear around and it seems to be better now but not great. At least its not slipping past the gear that its meshed too.

Is there a way to reset the bachmann DCC decoder to factory settings.

Ok I took the truck apart and there is too much clearance between two of the gears for them to mesh properly.
It is the large center gear and the one next to it before the axle gear.

I'll take it apart and see what up then but I know that one truck the gears are not meshing properly.

I have a Bachmann GP 40 and the gears in the trucks are so loose that they don't mesh all the time and gears are slipping past each other.
Not happy.
I ordered two new trucks for it and hope that the tolerances on the new ones are alot closer.
This is going to be a expensive Locomotive when I get done replacing all the parts for it.

I received the sound decoder and installed it into the 70ton switcher. Very tight fit. I'm still waiting for the right speaker to come so I can finish up the install. I temporarily attached a speaker to it just to test the install.
Everything test ok. 

I received all the parts to assemble the switch panels. I soldered the pcb edge connectors to the switch panel and then wired up all the bi-color leds and then mounted one switch and leds to the control panel for a test. Wired up all the connections and put power to it and it works flawlessly. I'm happy...

11 more to go...lol

Well I have a sound decoder coming for my 70ton switcher should be a interesting install.
And waiting for my S2 switcher to show up in the mail. DCC with Sound.
And I'm waiting for the screw-in edge terminals to show up so I can solder them to the switch card panels.

Thats it for now.  Happy Railroading!!!

I bought them from Ken Stapleton in Canada.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/kstapleton3/Index.html
Check out his site it explains how they operate.

Update:

I finished building the turnout panel for my switches and leds. I drilled out the plexiglass for them.
I have received the switch panels, and now waiting for the screw-in edge terminals to solder to the switch panels.
Then I can wire up all the turnouts and leds. After that I can start on the Landscape and scenery.

Here is a Pic of my switch panels that I'm using. These are for twin coiled tunouts.



That it for now.   Happy Railroading!!!

Update:

I started to build my control panel for the turnouts. I built a frame to the size that I needed and got a piece of plexiglass 1/8" cut to the size to fit the frame. I used 1/8" white pinstriping to layout where the turnouts are on the plexiglass. I have ordered some Ken Stapleton's 751D module switches that I'll use for the toggle switches. They will eliminate alot of wiring otherwise.
I will paint the back side of the plexiglass black so the white pinstripe will stand out.

I have used a few slightly
curve track to put the spurs closer together.

update:
I have all the feeders connected to the Bus and no shorts. ( I did good  ).
Now I'm just waiting for some terminal blocks to come so I can start to wire up the turnouts.

 

Update:
I have all the feeder wires soldered to the track now I have to connect them to the bus, I will be using suitcase connectors for that. I ordered a sound decoder for my Bachmann Amtrak GP 40-2 that is DCC ready. Just plug and play.
Thats it for now. Happy Railroading!!!