
Bachmann 'Peak': Final Assembly
Lubricate the teeth of all gears in the drive train using a suitable grease. Lubricate the
worm shaft bearings with a light oil.
Assuming that you have the wheelsets and
springs already fitted in to the Subframe,
rest the subframe on your narrow wheeling
block. Orientate the Drive Unit correctly over
the outer and centre axles. Carefully align the
Bachmann bearings on each axle and, one axle
at a time, clip the drive unit into place on the
axles.
Note that the photos here show the worm drive fitted; you might wish to leave it
off for now to do the further rolling test suggested below.
In any subsequent dismantling and reassembly, we recommend that you keep the
wheelsets clipped in to the Drive Unit and remove them together from the Subframe
by unclipping the springs. Reassembly follows a similar procedure to that followed earlier in
the Bogie Assembly section, but with the wheelsets now clipped into the Drive Unit.
Check clearances around the drive unit,
and for free-running of the gears.
Refit the Bolster to the Subframe, again checking clearances.
Repeat the above for the other bogie.
You now have the option of re-assembling the bogies into the loco and doing some
unpowered testing to check for free running of the gears. Bear in mind that the
components are not yet run-in in their current configuration: any slight imperfections
might be eased out by a few minutes under power.
With the bogies once more out of the loco, separate the Subframes from the Bolsters.
Fit the worm shafts and their bearings, with a smear of grease on the worm itself and
some light oil in the bearings. Fit the Worm Bearing Retainer etches.
Undo the screws retaining the Pivot Frames to the Bolsters, and reassemble them with
a thread locker applied to the screws, to prevent them working loose in service.
Special thread locking compounds can be bought. Nail varnish, or paint, will also do the
job.
Refit the Bolsters on to the Subframes.
Clip the drive shafts - the ends with the rounded pins - into the sockets on the worm
shafts.
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