Hi all! I'm new here so please forgive me if I rehash a subject that has already been covered.
I have three shays and two climax engines. The shays might be two years old and the climax about a year old. None of these engines have more than 10 hours on them. I have aproblen with the tiny bevel ears cracking and either falling off the drive shaft or just spinning but not actually driving the wheel.
The climax has a cracked driveshaft coupling at the gear box.
Any thoughts? Can repair gears be purchased?
I have a similar problem with three LifeLike diesels. The plastic gears actually attach to the wheel axels and keep the wheels in gage as well as drive the wheels. I kept having gage problems and after I doug in, I found out why. Maybe it is the air here in eastern Pa.
Jim
I have three shays and two climax engines. The shays might be two years old and the climax about a year old. None of these engines have more than 10 hours on them. I have aproblen with the tiny bevel ears cracking and either falling off the drive shaft or just spinning but not actually driving the wheel.
The climax has a cracked driveshaft coupling at the gear box.
Any thoughts? Can repair gears be purchased?
I have a similar problem with three LifeLike diesels. The plastic gears actually attach to the wheel axels and keep the wheels in gage as well as drive the wheels. I kept having gage problems and after I doug in, I found out why. Maybe it is the air here in eastern Pa.
Jim