Rivarossi Big Boy Repair & Review
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2021
- I open up an old Rivarossi Union Pacific Big Boy and show how I repaired it back to running condition.
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These locos were not great pullers, however some CA glue & #9 lead bird shot & you can add hidden weight in this loco. It's doesn't run well if left to sit long. But the model itself was noted as being the most accurate model of the Big Boy at it's time. Trix made a beauty of an more modern model engine of the Big Boy.
I picked up a Rivarossi Big Boy along with a Rivarossi Challenger and Allegheny in an estate sale also many other locomotives some brass ones in an estate sale a year ago they all worked great after some servicing for a very reasonable price very pleased with them.
Enjoyed the video very much. I have had mine since new over 45 years ago. Paid $ 33.00 but run very very little just lubing some just now. Thanks again for video. The Old Man in Texas
Awesome!!! I just bought one used online a couple of weeks ago for 80 bucks running.
A Norfolk and Western #2197.
Love the Riverassi's one of my favs!
Has a minor jolt to it at low speed which I am taking apart right now since I want to get at the innards, now that the outside is all clean, incl. wheels and drive assembly with new lube added.
Seen these things from a 100 to 500 used online. So I guess I got a deal too!
Great video!
Nice video! I also found you could use a flat head screw driver and kind of scrape it against the bell screw a ton to turn it and take it out
Thank you for posting
Great Video,
Great video I got a RivaRossi southern pacific lines cab forward
Thanks for the tear down. Id never have messed with the broke down one we have. I bought it for my son and was still $50 not running lol. Going to look into a new motor.
I LOVE BIG BOY!!!![especially rivarossi]
Good job in the vid, perhaps a second camera off to the side would put over the top in the video department, the train tech is already over the top. Ebay currently I'm outbid on the newer AHM/Rivarossi model. $300+ is too much for my blood. Maybe I'll eventually run into a good deal on a Big Boy. Fell in love with this one ever since 4014 came rolling into Brazos County here in Texas. Now I have to own one. Good luck everyone and keep on truck'in. - Doug
The deep European flanges won't run on Code 83 track and the three-pole motor and tall gearing doesn't allow slow running. They just sort of jerk from 0 to 20 as soon as you crack the throttle. I bought mine new for $39.93 in 1973 and still run it occasionally. It runs very well and the plastic traction tires allow it to pull most any train.
to secure the brass nut at the front, use a thick grease, that way it can still float to align with the screw
If you rewind the motor with less windings you get more power so take off 20 winds on each armchair and see how she pulls
I just picked up a Big boy weathered DCC and Sound for $75.00 but the trailing truck is damaged. Does anyone know where I can get parts?
I did not buy mine at a good price, however, with a new motor it pulls pretty well and i plan on putting a dcc chip in it.
Also i dont recall the exact motor i got, but basically, you need a 2mm universal shaft, and the new motor. You also would have to cut the new motor shaft down.
Nice video! I did a stupid decision on my big boy and I decided to take it completely apart. Now I am in a bit of a pickle.
What is the pickle?
A shame you got the older version with the motor in the cab.Not very good runners.The later version,had the motor in the boiler,between the gear towers and much better motors.They ran really well even on DC.They did have a big problem with power pickups,tho.A repower would be easy enough,and make a BIG improvement.Cheers Michael
@@michaelcudby787 I learned my lesson the hard way, I too bought a blue box Big Boy from back in the day and replaced about 4 of those dumbass plastic driveshafts before I permanently shelved it. Motor ran great, engine was gorgeous, but was a huge let down.
Have you tried replacing the motor brushes with Athearn ones???
No I have not
Does your guy’s big boy have a leaning issue?? Mine wants to lean to its left and can only take right turns. If it takes left turns it derails.
No it doesn't have that issue but it does rock back and forth some as it goes.
It was my pivot arm in the front making mine lean to the left
Great video, I have a #4013 Rivarossi I bought from a friend in Germany about 40 years ago, and have never run it (been sitting on the mantle of our fireplace as showpiece). About a year ago I got back into model railroading with Marklin (had some train sets made in cooperation with Herpa), and after getting a couple of Marklin Big Boys (they run and sound phantastic: czcams.com/video/1nAcRNjC5gU/video.html), I finally got some DC tracks and controller to see if it still runs...
Why notbreplacevthe creppy original motor a cheap 10 $ Sagami motor with flywheel will improvebthe engine a lot more.
Actually the Rivarossi Big Boy detail wise is very accurate. Not up to today's standards possibly but they will still won't look too out of place on a layout with Athearn and Broadway Limited versions (on the otherhand, even a fully detailed Bowser version with the correct Box Pox drivers will seem odd). The length of the flanges is a big disadvantage though.
The motor is an original Rivarossi can motor. lmost all Rivarossi locomotives, both steam and diesel have similar motors (although this one seem longer than most). There are remotoring kits for Rivarossi steam locomotives out there.
As far as I’m concerned with these babies , I also have the cab forward version. If it works don’t fix it!