little critter having A PROBLEM!!!...BUT nice switcher..

[steven large]

[H2]hi out there....[/H2] y.day i try to run my little critter on the tracks but it work on front lite so it ran shudders and on and off....what is the cause?

any info?..........it work fine but shudders along the tracks...........any info? any advice?...thks u..

p.s.think it the wheels??

 

[Steve]

Check the wheels are clean Steve

 

[steven large]

Check the wheels are clean Steve

hi steve..yes the 4 wheels are clean as whistle...strange???...mmmmmm

 

[dragon]

Steve. Have you cleaned the inside of the wheels? Where the current collecters rub.

 

[steven large]

Steve. Have you cleaned the inside of the wheels? Where the current collecters rub.

hi dragon...hw will i do tht? how?..didnt want messin around with it..need a help from anyone who live near me and i will be grateful if they can fix it for me?....i cant doin it as i have no instructoins with me......i dont understand the problem as im not expert taking aparts from any locos!!....

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[Spule 4]

No need to take apart, just look at the back.

 

[Gizzy]

Steve. Have you cleaned the inside of the wheels? Where the current collecters rub.

hi dragon...hw will i do tht? how?..didnt want messin around with it..need a help from anyone who live near me and i will be grateful if they can fix it for me?....i cant doin it as i have no instructoins with me......i dont understand the problem as im not expert taking aparts from any locos!!....

Fred means the backs/insides of the wheels Steve.

Also, is your track clean? Little Critter only has 4 wheels, whereas most of your other locos have 8....

 

[Gizzy]

If you still aren't sure, post us a picture of the underside of Little Critter and we will show you....

 

[steven large]

hi grizzy,,,,,here is the photos.....
saw bit of brown on wheels??......


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[Gizzy]

hi grizzy,,,,,here is the photos.....
saw bit of brown on wheels??......

Clean off the brown to clean silver metal and also clean the backs as I have shown in this photo....

 

[steven large]

ahhh...what can i do with it? fine sandpaper or ?.....hw??

 

[mike]

no ,use a track rubber

 

[mike]

put the sand papper down.. walk away form it...

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

my lil critters suffer from the same problems. the silver coating is coming off the wheels revealing copper in colour. the wheels are appaling on these locos for picking up dirt. not best impressed with them right now. shouldn't have to clean the wheels every 10 laps of my circuit!

 

[steven large]

my lil critters suffer from the same problems. the silver coating is coming off the wheels revealing copper in colour. the wheels are appaling on these locos for picking up dirt. not best impressed with them right now. shouldn't have to clean the wheels every 10 laps of my circuit!

yes i did clean it so then try to ran it agian...grrr,,,not good so yes it same as u duncan!!!...mmmm..time to give up and many thks u all these peoples for advice...got the rubber tracks cleanin from my mate and clean it and it got coppers on it!!!!...but i got idea...i will take this motor off....and use as dummy switcher...keep the motor aside for something else...but it awesome switcher.......so i dont blame marchman for getting from him...he did once told me tht critter have bit on off on the tracks....
so i will use this switcher as dummy ran along with my nw-2 at the back....why not?....

it will be the 1st dummy switcher on my tracks!!!!!..............will weathering it...use it for standing alone on the junkyard express while nw-2 need with him to keep lil critter happy to ran around....

 

[steven large]

Re:little critter is WORN OUT!!!...BUT TIME to change into DUMMY lil critter...

it time for me to take his worn out wheels and motor out to keep in case for doing something else in the new yr as it will be change INTO dummy critter,,bless him....i dont mind at all........loves dummy locos,switcher,etc.....save hassle......

WILL use him for joining my mad max nw-2 to pull him behind nw-2 for fun to keep him happy and aslo sometime want to rest at junkyard express while he chilled out......

 

[duncan1_9_8_4]

Re:little critter is WORN OUT!!!...BUT TIME to change into DUMMY lil critter...

hmmmmmm, very disapointing locos it would seem.

 

[Phil]

Re:little critter is WORN OUT!!!...BUT TIME to change into DUMMY lil critter...

No problems here i have 3 of em' there great

 

[shropshire lad]

Re:little critter is WORN OUT!!!...BUT TIME to change into DUMMY lil critter...

I've got a BP lil critter and apart from still being a bit nervous when it's by the pond it's one of my best runners

 

[MR SPOCK]

[align=center]Get a battery wired up to the loco and set it running you will then see how better it works,

some of these have plugs already fitted, but cheaper to use what the radio controll aeromodellers use,

cos the track is dirty (no offence but brass track is always dirty) the extra current being drawn causes sparks wich make the brass weld onto the wheels, thats what the brown rings are, also a radio controller can be got for next to nowt, and they are very easy to use, batteries are cheap from a burglar alarm shop, there will be one that will fit inside,this pic shows a 12volt one in the bonnet of 44tonner thats a lot smaller than a critter bonnet

pete
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