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Goofy		#1 Posted : 01 September 2024 09:48:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,282		Did bought MIBA 9/2024 and there was a test about Pikos new Vectron BR249. One of the pictures show drive shafts made of plastic. Is all of the Pikos locomotives models with plastic drive shafts??
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marklinist5999		#2 Posted : 01 September 2024 11:08:01(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,945 Location: Michigan, Troy		Yes, same with Marklin and Roco since cardan shaft drive type with center motor.
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Goofy		#3 Posted : 01 September 2024 12:41:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2006(UTC) Posts: 9,282		You did missunderstand me. I wonder about metal axles as drive shaft.
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marklinist5999		#4 Posted : 01 September 2024 14:33:05(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC) Posts: 3,945 Location: Michigan, Troy		Axles are axles Goofy. The gears are nylon, the axles are always metal. The worm gear is brass, the gear train axles metal. Some older Trix, etc. used brass gears.
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David Dewar		#5 Posted : 01 September 2024 17:41:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,460 Location: Scotland		Carden drives are plastic. Axles are metal. Maybe I dont understand the question as to what part of the loco we are looking at.
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David Dewar		#6 Posted : 03 September 2024 20:39:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 01/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 7,460 Location: Scotland		Dont know if Goofy is coming back to this. I feel that where a post is started the poster should let us know if the problem has been solved etc. Anyway hope Goofy is OK.
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H0		#7 Posted : 06 September 2024 08:21:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,454 Location: DE-NW		Originally Posted by: marklinist5999 The gears are nylon, the axles are always metal. Many Märklin Hobby locos have plastic axles nowadays. This allows the same wheelsets to be used for Märklin and Trix. I haven't seen plastic axles in Piko locos yet.
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