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  "description": "Fitting Nigel Lawton's Bachmann re-motoring kit — straightforward instructions, fiddly soldering, and the worm removal that broke two jewellers' screwdrivers.",
  "path": "/short-articles/2008-01-26-bachmann-re-motoring-kit/",
  "publishedAt": "2008-01-26T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": "Modelling",
  "textContent": "I have had one of Nigel Lawton's Bachmann re-motoring kits for a long time now and one of my engines packed up recently so I set about my first bit of modelling for the first time in a few months. Why does everybody say that the winter is the time for lost of modelling? I never have any time!\n\nNigel's instructions are very straight forward though the soldering can get a little fiddley (for me anyway!) and in no time at all I had a replacement motor unit ready. then the problems started and to give Nigel his due he did say that removing the worm from the old motor is a potentially worrying aspect. I broke two jewellers screwdrivers getting the worm off. I do realise they were cheap ones and I now have an excuse to get some decent ones, and my thumb will heal eventually. The good thing is that I now have an old shaft which I can use as a drift the next time!\n\nI used the full length of shaft tube provided but as I did not have any thread lock I used super glue which worked fine to start with but after a few problems with clearance in the loco body caused the motor shaft to separate from the worm shaft. I need to go find some thread lock as I can see this happening at the start of an exhibition! on this particular loco the worm is already badly chewed so I might start looking for a replacement chassis anyway as the gears on this one are a bit crunchy. If I do through this chassis away I can reuse the re-motoring kit in another one later!",
  "title": "Bachmann re-motoring kit"
}