I bought an Athearn SD45T-2 a while back and I made posts on it and its progress here and here. I finally got the replacement dogbone drive shafts that I mentioned last time. If you recall, the model came with 1.609" shafts, and after putting in the new motor one of the drive shafts was short. From what I could tell the best fix would be the 1.76" shafts. Voila! They are just right! Below shows the shaft in the flywheel and gear tower. It really is a perfect fit.
I gave the motor a few spins with the drivetrain fully assembled and I felt no resistance or binding. So next up is to put the whole shebang back together and run it on the rails. Hopefully she will run with the other Genesis locos well enough to consist them together. Since I am finally going to join a club, I can really use the heavy haulers.
For a visual, here are the two different drive shafts side-by-side.
Check back soon as I will be updating with the performance of this over-hauled locomotive.
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