Evening.
I have a Mainline Royal Scot that I fired up tonight and found it to be working pretty well. However it was rather noisy. So I disassembled the motor housing to remove the black gunk from on the commutator (which I just used a dry cotton bud for) and put it all back together, the motor in the train did nothing, no noise coming from the motor or movement in the slightest.
I was since taken it apart again and given it a deeper clean, replaced the carbon brushes and springs and still it is lifeless. I am at a loss as to why this has happened.
Have I somehow managed to knacker the motor when I cleaned the commutator the first time?
Cheers