The Winton Vs. Arbour
2-6-6-6 Construction
Page 5

Putting together the Winton Siderod assemblies.
I will first do the rear drivers.
A nut driver will be very handy here.

Holding the frame in a vise to keep it steady,
first pin is a breeze.

Next pin a little trickier, I had to hold the
pin in the needlenose pliers while turning slightly,
then chased it in with the nut driver, while making sure
the washer underneath stays in place.

Next pin was trickier, I cheated using the goo
container as a sticky holder which allowed me to place the
pin well, but got some goo on the parts, but its not a place where
rotation is a hazard, so it worked...
but cannot do that again.

A little bit of goo on the nut driver allowed me to
hold the pin steady while I placed it on.

Other side went fairly well.

With the gear mounts off, I could check for free wheeling.
They rolled reasonably smooth, but I detected
a litle binding, the wheels are slightly off perfect quartering.
If they are all off the same, if may not affect operation.
Wear in and lubrication should help this.
After a while, I found one of the middle bearings
was rough to turn, I believe run in is the only solution.

After some part searching and finagling,
I got the worm gear on, which was a tougher going,
it has a tiny screw with a threaded hole in the shaft.
I finagled some Athearn drive parts for test running.
Hey, a flywheel already!!!
Now I find I have the gear on backwards.
Tough.

Whatacrazymessofpartsalready.

You can see the problem I have in inserting the tiny
screw thru the shaft, the gear has a hole, and the shaft has
a threaded hole. I had it in it once, but it looks like I need to be able to
remove it at a moments notice if need be in this construction.
I recall there are bolts with unthreaded leads, well,
this screw will get the treatment.

One filing job later...

Yesh!!!

I actually had it backwards again but the switch was
speedier this time. I gave the worm gear and driver
a workout after lubing, and it ran AOK in one direction,
but jammed the other way, I expected that due to
loose bearings, which I will spot solder later.

After a while of spinning the middle driver,
I removed it and I could freely spin the bearings.
The screws were slightly loose, tightening them tightened
the pressure on the driver which forced more wear.
Once reasonably free, I put the other drivers on
and spun them, slowly they free some.
It is still not perfect, there is some binding, but more run tests will be done.
I will not put the linkage valve gear on at this time as it is more
cosmetic. I will now persue buying a DC-91 or replacement
motor. The gears have proven their rough and tough
design to get the drivers worn in.
The front set of drivers already move freely so
there is no issue there.