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I also had apparent issues with the Peco motor. It turns out my 12v supply was not sufficiently strong and a minimum of 2amps is needed. This is now highlighted by a sticker on the box. I had a real hard time getting it to work properly due to the flimsy well and slack in the collar. Finally sorted it all and hard glued the motor to the deck. This gives reasonable rotation and not too much vertical teeter as the load shifts. However the internal play in the Peco motor still means I get a bit of unwanted free rotation which I cannot get rid of and with certain locos results in derailment as the deck moves. I'm spending lockdown time trying to figure out how to address this. Frankly I wish I'd saved my money and gone for a manual geared drive, but I am where I am. How have others suffered from this and how did you fix it?

This maybe a really stupid question, but do drawer runners work properly laid flat as shown in the picture? For my embryonic traverser design it would make life a lot simpler!