07-25-2012, 12:02 AM
Another remark on Bachmann's GP50 is about lubrication.
The gear wheels and the worm gear are lubricated very well. But the axles of the gear are almost without any lubrication. I suggest to:
1. remove the button cover of the trucks and lube the tiny ends of the gear wheels running in the plastic housing
2. shift the worm gear to each side and oil the axis of the worm gear in the brass bearing
That simple procedure reduced residual noise on two of my machines significant.
Koos, I see. In that case I would try to find and remove the RFI components too. I would not disable BEMF of the decoder. I find that the most valuable function of DCC at all.
The gear wheels and the worm gear are lubricated very well. But the axles of the gear are almost without any lubrication. I suggest to:
1. remove the button cover of the trucks and lube the tiny ends of the gear wheels running in the plastic housing
2. shift the worm gear to each side and oil the axis of the worm gear in the brass bearing
That simple procedure reduced residual noise on two of my machines significant.
Koos, I see. In that case I would try to find and remove the RFI components too. I would not disable BEMF of the decoder. I find that the most valuable function of DCC at all.
Reinhard