As I've mentioned before, I bought the 9F donor knowing it was on the Mazak rot list. It was sold without the tender so there was a good chance that the tender chassis had suffered, but I might have got away with the motor fixings.

No

The tell tale signs were there and so I ordered a few sets from Hornby for a couple of quid each. This is what I found when I took the front one off

As I said, expected and a cheap fix thankfully. They were coming off anyway for a full chassis strip ahead of machining. Onwards!