(04-24-2016, 10:46 PM)Super Wrote: The reason I brought this Salt subject up is that I received a red TM Salty in the mail the other day which was quite noisy and saw a new boxed one listed in the Japan Auctions and I became curious.
You are right Luke, your memory is better than mine as I don't remember which drive I removed it from. It could very well have been a Luke as all I remember is Ucwepn stating that there were 3 trains than had quieter TM flat drives but off the top of my head I only remember the yellow Rheanas but I am not sure whos motor I used.
Hey super, I just did some post digging....
http://www.blueplastictracks.com/showthr...ight=Polar
(09-10-2014, 02:15 PM)Super Wrote: I had the same problem with a flat drive on a Trackmaster Hiro (converted to Polar Express). I also upgraded its motor figuring that would quiet it down but it only made it worse so I figured the noise was coming from the gearing itself. So After posting the problem HERE I scraped the whole drive and installed one from a new Luke. Now it is very quiet even with an upgraded Power Dash motor.
So if you have a flat drive, you can swap it for the new flat drives which are much quieter,