Anyone know if it's possible to get spares for Mashima Electric Motors ? The reason I ask is I recently bought a kit built Westward Drummond T9 4-4-0 fitted with what looks like a M24-F motor. When I tried running performance was sluggish so I decided to add some lubricant, some of which seems to have found it's way on to the commutator. End result, much sparking, stalling and smoke !
Now I've unscrewed the electrical connections to the commutator, removed the brushes and cleaned the copper contacts on the rotating part. Trouble is the brushes are looking well worn down ( so much so that one just fell out of it's retainer when I attempted to put the commutator back together, & I had to fish it out as it was trapped inside the motor frame ).
So I'm really looking for some new brushes to reassemble the motor. Or failing that, a brand new motor ( but that's more expensive and means taking the worm gear off and unsoldering the electrical pick-up leads ).
Who handles Mashima in the UK and are replacement brushes available separately ?
Jeremy Balchin.