CN GP38-2W

[Schraddel]

Hello,

@ Wayne
Wait a little bit, because i removed one of the weights permanent.



By loosening 4 screws the additional weights came off.





Pry the worm covers.





Lift the worms and universals out.





Then lift the main frame off the trucks by 0-5-0 crane.




The tricks to disassemble this type of trucks:


1. pry off the botton gear cover.  There are 4 snap on loops at each cover. The material is very flexible and for this the danger of tearing them off is very minimal. You can see on the photo there are also 4 lock bars which hold the truck sideframes into place.





2. When the bottom cover is demounted, you can easily pull the truck sideframes.





3. Remove the other sideframe and take out the wheelsets.





4. Unscrew the 2 crosshead screws, one at each side of the gearbox and the halves will come apart.

As you can see, this is a dry zone, devoid of lubricant. Of course, there is lubricant applied in the factory. But as in most cases i have seen, the gear grease is sitting scared in the backstage and here at this place it is simply useless.



Lutz