That’s an interesting video with a pretty good view of how to disassemble and reassemble that style of drive mechanism. I’m not entirely sure it’s worth the effort for the 2 db noise reduction but the engine did seem to run a bit more smoothly.
One of the small number of complements I will pay to the current Mattel Trackmaster 2 engines is that the very simple engineering does make them run quieter. They’re also considerably easier to take apart and put back together. Yes, it also confers and number of disadvantages but that’s for another discussion.
This does make me ponder what an ideal drivetrain would be like and how to approach repairing a couple of my old “rattle trap” locomotives.
One of the small number of complements I will pay to the current Mattel Trackmaster 2 engines is that the very simple engineering does make them run quieter. They’re also considerably easier to take apart and put back together. Yes, it also confers and number of disadvantages but that’s for another discussion.
This does make me ponder what an ideal drivetrain would be like and how to approach repairing a couple of my old “rattle trap” locomotives.
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