
Fit the etched cover over the four plastic
upstands of the Drive Unit. Fettle them, if
necessary, so that the cover slides easily over
them and engages its slots over the lugs on
the upstands. The etched cover isn't as flexible
as the plastic original, it tends to splay a little
and hang on to the lugs 'by its fingernails' -
this is ok as long as it is secure.
Unclip the etched cover, re-fit the worm
shaft and bearings, and replace the cover.
Repeat the process, as detailed above when
fitting the plastic cover, to check for freedom
o f rotation and end-float of the worm shaft, again relieving the circular edges of the
cover's bearing retainers if necessary.
Final Assembly
If you have the etched bogie parts
electrically 'live' to one rail for pickup,
solder the feed wires, from the loco's circuit
board, to the tag on each upper Pivot / Tag
Washer (P2).
Take one bogie, with its drive shaft, and
clip the correct end the shaft into the drive
socket of the bogie.
Offer up the bogie into the aperture at its
end of the loco. Route any pickup wires
through the holes in the chassis block. Engage
the free end of the cardan shaft into the loco's
flywheel drive socket and line up the bogie top
pivot with its pivot hole. Position the insulator
a n d washers in the pivot hole and fit the
retaining screw.
Similarly fit the other bogie.
Connect any loose pickup wires to the correct terminals of the circuit board.
Place the locomotive on some track and give it a test run under power.
Run the locomotive in gently at first. If the loco does not run freely or begins to bind
up at any point, pay particular attention to lubrication of the axle bearings. You can
feel for any binding by rotating the wheel rims with the fingers - there is enough slack in
the drive train gears that you should be able to distinguish between a binding and a free
wheelset.
Bachmann 66: Final Assembly
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