Hi Doug and group,
Thanks so much for the tips.
The Bowser motor is running pretty quiet by itself now.
When the motor is attached to the chassis with the basic drive train of side rods, main rods, and crossheads installed, I get a lot more noise going forwards than backwards.?? Reverse is almost silent.? How I wish I could get less noise going forward.
I've tried shim washers under the motor to change the gear mesh but I don't seem to make a difference so far. Should I keep fiddling with shims?? Maybe at both the front and back mounting points at the same time?
Any further thoughts on more noise going forward vs reverse?
I wish I had a nice power station with volt and amp meters to really see the current load for fine tuning.? But I can hear something seems wrong and hope that I can use my ears to tune up the system.
Thanks in advance!
Fred
