Peco Prince shed a crankpin

[Ref44]

Obtained one of these a week ago. Has been fiited with a DCC decoder. Having got some track laid, the loco was slowly lapping the circuit on a 14ft x 3ft board. Did 4 laps then stalled. On examination the rear n/s crankpin has fallen out. Needless to say given the small size, it can't be found. Hs this happenefd to anyone else? Peco have been contanted re spares, but its not great given how little use the loco has had. I've still got a Princess to chip.

[Stubby47]

Can you pass a magnet over the track bed to see if you can pick up the crank pin ?

[Steamport Southport]

It's a known issue. Packaging problems meant they were getting damaged in transit. Details on how to get in touch here.

 

https://peco-uk.com/blogs/news/small-england-locomotives-packaging-fault

 

 

 

Jason

[Ref44]

I tried the magnet trick without any joy, I suspect the pin was launched into orbit by the moving rods. Hopefully Peco will respond quickly.

[Ian_M]

The crankpins are plastic I think, so a magnet probably won't do much good!

 

I had the same problem and Peco sent a small packet of replacements in the post very quickly.

[Ref44]

Ian,,  thanks for the info, hopefully a letter will appear in a few days.

[Ref44]

To close the matter; Peco sent some spares and the loco is running again.