08-17-2015, 07:22 PM
I went a bit more radical with the repowering of my boxcab/ climax:
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I converted it to a band/pulley drive. I machined the chassis flat and replaced the motor with one out of a VCR. I removed all the gears out of the tower and made the large bull gear into a pulley by chucking it on a friend's unimat lathe. The rest of the drive is original but with the main gears gone, plus the tension on the bull gear to keep it from rattling, the drive is considerably quieter, more like an athearn blue box growl.
I converted it to a band/pulley drive. I machined the chassis flat and replaced the motor with one out of a VCR. I removed all the gears out of the tower and made the large bull gear into a pulley by chucking it on a friend's unimat lathe. The rest of the drive is original but with the main gears gone, plus the tension on the bull gear to keep it from rattling, the drive is considerably quieter, more like an athearn blue box growl.