Slicker than Bug $#@& !!!!!

My new order of goodies for the 6773 arrived this week! I got new Cascade Green plastic handrails, and a new dog bone drive! Sorry Emma, not that kind of dog bone.

In older Athearn's, they use a spline shaft to drive to transmit the power from the motor to the trucks. The slop in that system makes for a pretty noisy ride. I ordered a new motor that takes Athearn's new Hex/Dog bone drive. This one piece design is a lot quieter, and it only took about 10 minutes to install.




After putting it back together, the difference was like day and night. True, it's still not as quiet as a Kato or Atlas, but hay, compared to the old drive train, it was well worth the money! Next up will be the new handrails and remounting the couplers with a shorter box that does not bind the trucks up.

As a wise texan once said, "That is slicker than bug S#!& !"