Peco / kato New England

[Ian Holmes]

Just got a new england  chassis and tried it out after a short time the crankpins came out, a phone call to Mr Dundas informed me that it seems to be a design fault. any body else had the same problem and how was it solved. Any ideas most welcome.
Thanks Folks,
Ian H 

[B.Meldon]

I would return it to the seller or return to Peco.
That would appear to be what many have done that have had the same problem and/or the cab comming away.

[Trevor Dally]

I bought from different suppliers both Prince and Princess in May. As I'm in the process of building a layout neither loco was run until July. Within 2-3 mins both failed with crank pins falling out and due to their size getting lost. I phoned Peco and they forwarded me 4 new pins with the advice I push them firmly home. If that is what's needed then it doesn't work as surely that would have happened during manufacture. Needless to say they fell out as well and I am now left with two 'static display' locos that have run for about 10 mins each. I sent an e-mail to Peco customer services for advice with no reply. Can anyone advise as to what the latest course of action might be? It's just hard to imagine that such a simple fault did not show up in production testing. Would appreciate your help.

[Robin Webster]

By any chance do you still have your bill of purchase so you can return the models? I think Peco will get back to you. A lot of people are on holiday.
I had a similar problem on a loco many years ago and used loctite to fix the crank pin in place. I can't remember if it was the red or blue type of loctite. Hopefully you can find the crank pins.
Another repair I did was to crimp the crank pin ever so slightly in a small plier and pressed it back into the wheel . It too worked.
Both models were n scale and a pain in the neck to fix. I lost the crank pins a few times.

[Trevor Dally]

Thank you Robin. If I could get some more pins I was thinking of damaging them to try to make them a tighter fit. We'll see.