If the wheels are still binding instead of free rolling, look up "quartering". The connecting rods on one side need to be offset by 90 degrees on the opposite side.
The motor from your emerald night is an L motor, also known as large motor. it is too big for that set. the set was designed for M motors(medium). And it also has room for 4 of them. Also the drive wheel issue on the front can be fixed simply by swapping which axles the wheels are on. Front to back axle of the front wheels should be normal, flanged, normal, flanged. That way all 4 drive wheels are directly connected to the gears and also on either side of the drive shaft coming from the boiler for better weight distribution.
If the wheels are still binding instead of free rolling, look up "quartering". The connecting rods on one side need to be offset by 90 degrees on the opposite side.
Considering the immense size of that set, I'd definitely say it's more of a display piece than a toy to play with.
Awesome!
Thanks for this vid, I am almost finnished converting mine ,but with only 2 M moters and also the quarting of the drive wheels worked
The motor from your emerald night is an L motor, also known as large motor. it is too big for that set. the set was designed for M motors(medium). And it also has room for 4 of them. Also the drive wheel issue on the front can be fixed simply by swapping which axles the wheels are on. Front to back axle of the front wheels should be normal, flanged, normal, flanged. That way all 4 drive wheels are directly connected to the gears and also on either side of the drive shaft coming from the boiler for better weight distribution.
You are the man! You have any references I could use