Servicing The Triang/Hornby X03/X03.5, X04 & XT60 Motors.

How to service the Triang/Hormby X03/X03.5, X04 & XT60 motors my way!

If this video turns-out to be productive, informative, helpful & interesting to you all out there, then I will do another on the servicing of the DMU & Dock Shunter type bogies + the Ringfield motors too! However, it would be shorter as there's no point in going over the type of tools I use again!

Please note: The XT60 motor as used in Lord Of The Isles, the Dean Single Caladonians & the turntable is exactly the same from a servicing point if view.

Thanks for dropping by, cheers, John.

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[chambs123]

Hi Buddy, thanks for your 2 comments & all points are noted. I will point out that in the video & the title I do state this is 'my way' of doing the job! It may not be to everybody's choice?

However, I have never damaged a motor servicing them the way I do plus....as the Dremel is spining so fast & I don't put any pressure on the com....it actually polishes it & no scratches are visable....even under a magnifing glass! Cheers, John.

[chambs123]

Anyway, thanks again for your comments & views....anybody who looks at this video & reads these comments will have to make their own minds-up as to which information they will choose to be guided by.

Cheers, John.

[chambs123]

Finally, I do agree that running any kind of motor with a weak magnet will cause coil-winding failure!

I have found very few motors indeed with worn-out bearings!

I will soon do the servicing of the EMU/Dock shunter type bogie/motor & I will include in the video how to check the coil windings.

[chambs123]

I have been in electronics all my life [my website is Champ Electronics, Nottingham] & this has included working on speakers & magnets etc. If you buy a new magnet wether it be Alnico or Neo...they haven't been in a loco at this point so this is no different to taking it out & replacing it!

I don't pick motors up with a screwdriver as a test to their magnet's strenght....I use a very reliable magnetic field/strenght piece of test-equipment to determen how strong/good a maget is!

[chambs123]

As for your comment about the Alnico magnets loosing their strenght when dismantled well...I have to say I completely disagree with you on that! If you look at the front plate of the motor you will see that it is brass. Now, as brass is not magnetic we don't have a magnetic loop! The top & bottom plates are magnetized from the magnet & removing it makes no difference to it whatsoever!

[chambs123]

I too have seen some locos with what you would expect to be an X04 but with only one oil pad, however, I've always been of the frame-of-mind that the motor(s) could have been changed previously & fitted with the said motor(s) being an X03.5....who knows?

[scotrail1]

That was excellent and very well done. I sure learned a lot and feel a bit more confident in tackling htis. Have you done any videos on digitizing an old Tri-ang princess? I have a few of these and would like to know how to go about it. Many thanks

[practice264]

Professionals use a 'comstick' on all sizes of commutator which is flat and will tend to remove rather than add scratches. Fine nail polish sticks work and can be used to clean wheels and pickups. A newby may see the vid and try to clean pickups with dremel. Great video though so I've subscribed to you.

[practice264]

Hi, John. Thanks for the vid and the responses from and to hornebeedublo. Really useful. I would advise always using a plastic friendly solvent - there will be newcomers watching this. We use so little that a commercial product from hobby shop will last even if it costs 10 times lighter petrol or isopropol. Also I prefer manual abrasive cleaning. Steel against copper will leave scratches and faster wear.

[chambs123]

Hi there & thanks for your interest in the video, kind words, comments & views. I will however have to say that we may have to 'agree to disagree' on some of the points you have made!

The motor shown is indeed an X04...the fact it has a nylon worm drive is irrelevant as the nylon drive was used at the later end of the X04's life. The R59 2-6-2 tank loco shown at the begining of the video is also an X04 & this has the brass worm.