Improvements for a Bachmann Spectrum 4-8-2 Mountain

[doctorwayne]

It appears to be a piece of .040" thick sheet brass. It's shaped more-or-less to match the original, and that would have been done with a cut-off disc in my Dremel. There's another piece of .040" brass soldered to its rear face, to space it out from the drive rods - it's round, and may have also been shaped using a cut-off disc, or simply punched from sheet stock. The part was then drilled to accept the mounting screw, and probably countersunk, too, as the screwhead is flush with the outer face of the crank. There's no visible key to keep it from slipping out of position, though, and I hesitate to dismantle it in order to see what was done, as it's not caused any further problems.

I have a bunch of other stuff to do today, but I'll try to have a closer look at it tomorrow, and perhaps include some photos to provide more detail.

Wayne