LGB Trackcleaner problem

Keith, have you fitted shake proof washers with the M4 screws?

Might be worth a go....
 
Gizzy said:
Maybe I should have drilled the axle through completely (hollow) so thay you could have nutted and bolted the grinding wheels on!

I'm wondering if the errant wheel is unscrewing itself when cleaning?

Might possibly be worth fitting the axle the other way round if the off set gearing and space allow it....
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Gizzy I think there is only so much that can be done. It is a mystery because the screw is a perfect fit in the thread and how often do you hear of these coming loose on any other. It is not even vibration because this Trackcleaner is the smoothest I have seen with rarely a zebra stripe visible..
I am afraid the axle can't be assembled the other way around, the driven gear is offcentre, fits up to a shoulder and runs in a clearance groove in the bottom housing. :thumbdown:

Steve: If the worst happens and it re-occurs I will try fitting a spring washer. I think there is enough room.....
 
Gizzy said:
Keith, have you fitted shake proof washers with the M4 screws?

Might be worth a go....
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Gizzy Sorry only saw this after I made the last post - it was "over the page."
I will try it if it comes loose again.
 
The same TCL has another 'feature', apparently the speed control for the cleaning wheels stopped working last year.
I can't attempt to suss that issue out. :nail:
The main thing is to get it running rather than fine tune it.
 
I thought that the axle and cleaning wheel had flats to stop the wheel spinning on the axle!

I will pop one off tommorrow and check:thumbup:
 
they do...
 
That has already been discussed earlier in the thread. The flats have been rounded off -
 
there in is the problem, the wheel spins and undose the screws
 
But they have been replaced by new Mike.
 
and they didn't last long - its all in the thread
 
sorry, i miss understood, i thought he ment the brass axle had rounded off..
 
mike said:
sorry, i miss understood, i thought he ment the brass axle had rounded off..
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The screw coming loose allowed the plastic backing disc to move along the shaft and destroyed the flats. I was v much afraid that it had happened to the new disc but fortunately it was caught in time.
The Loctite I use is the 'temporary' stuff - not sure of the number - it is blue in colour. It allows a joint to be broken without, hopefully, wrecking the components!
 
have you added "extra weight" on top off the cleaning section?
i ask, as it might be causeing the problem
 
mike said:
have you added "extra weight" on top off the cleaning section?
i ask, as it might be causeing the problem
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No it's as original.
 
After all this time and hassle spent to fix the TCL, maybe a new axle would be by far the easiest solution? Sorry for not being constructive, but at some point time is too valuable, is it not? 8|

By the way, PM me if you need a new axle and I will try and get one for you from Germany :onphone:
 
bunnyrabbit03 said:
After all this time and hassle spent to fix the TCL, maybe a new axle would be by far the easiest solution? Sorry for not being constructive, but at some point time is too valuable, is it not? 8|

By the way, PM me if you need a new axle and I will try and get one for you from Germany :onphone:
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Well it hasn't been too much of a hassle, more an exasperating puzzle. How is it that the disc manages to 'unwind' on this loco and no other? There has to be a solution, probably a simple one I just haven't spotted.
Thanks for the offer though, I will def' bear it in mind especially if Barry - the owner of the TCL, loses patience with it!!
 
ROSS said:
Modelfixings (Google). All sorts of fixings, all sorts of types (metric. BA.) etc.,screws, nuts washers. Taps & dies, drill bits. Glues. Good prices Postage is good as well. Worth a look.
Pleased customer.
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Thanks for the tip Ross. TCL apart I am always receptive to sources for oddments.
 
Am I the only one that finds the LGB rail cleaning loco is poorly designed? In fact I am totally dissatisfied with it - it suffers from excessive vibration causing it to derail (so it has to be watched all the time rather than left to do the job) and it only cleans the rails in patches so that, even after many cicuits of my layout, uncleaned areas remain.

I believe the this design suffers from " Emporer's new clothes" syndrome - everyone extols it's virtues even though it doesn't do the intended job.
 
I find that mine works ok on track that is semi dirty but finds it hard to clean track that has been neglected for a few months.
The front cleaning section does 'hop' and bounce a bit. I have rewired it so the cleaning wheels rotate in the same direction as the motor wheels but this has not got rid of the hoping and bobbing action. The rail has what could be described as a dash dash dash....cleaned surface . So many passes have to be made to completely clean the rail surface.
And yes I have tried new cleaning wheels as well as weighting down the front in an attempt to stop the uncontrollable 'bobbing'.
Having said this, it is quicker than going around and doing it all by hand....as long as I do not leave the rails for many months
 
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