Thanks, guys, for the info on the "Tracker"!! 
Understanding the evolution of the '16D' motor
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, May 22 2012 11:08 PM
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Posted 03 November 2017 - 10:34 PM
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Posted 04 November 2017 - 07:57 AM
What Philippe said (of course!).
Two screws diagonally placed on the curved sides of the can will (in most cases) lock the endbell in place well enough and still allow for easy opening. For extra "bombproofing," four screws is even better for the terminally anal-retentive and is why it's the standard to this day... at least for motors people are supposed to be able to work on, and even some that they aren't!
Two screws diagonally placed on the curved sides of the can will (in most cases) lock the endbell in place well enough and still allow for easy opening. For extra "bombproofing," four screws is even better for the terminally anal-retentive and is why it's the standard to this day... at least for motors people are supposed to be able to work on, and even some that they aren't!
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Posted 26 April 2022 - 07:08 PM
Mabuchi, Igarashi, KTM, Johnson and many other motor manufacturers in Japan and Hong Kong made 80-90% of all model trains sold in America in the 1960s.
maybe so, but the best brass motors at that time were imported by PFM (Pacific Fast Mail) and many, if not most, of them had stickers on the boxes that said "powered by Pittman motor" or words to that effect.
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Posted 01 May 2022 - 07:14 PM
Paul,
I meant to say "motors", not "locos". However there were quite a few brass train manufacturers in Japan, and most used Japanese motors.
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Posted 20 December 2024 - 01:13 PM
While re-reading this great informative article on the 16D I thought I would Just add to the broken tab subject, raised by Phillippe in his comments.
"The Mura pin tabs may be a pain in the behind, but at least, they did not force the poor kid to look for an electric drill and some screws to keep the thing together after the 25,000 (scale) miles service! "
Larry and I came up with this handy drill jig to make life easy.
The jig is covered in the motor building post section also, here is the link.
http://slotblog.net/...th-broken-tabs/
Martin Windmill
