Greg,
The gear noise is sourced at the spur gear drive I purchased from Rodney Edington. There are a fair number of us on this forum that have them. They are noisey in part just due to spur gearing. Not sure of the rest. To the best of my knowledge, Rodney did apply grease at assembly, or at least I would sure hope so. Type undetermined. Most of the folks that have had their awhile report that the noise does abate after some run time. For the immediate future I am hesitant to disassemble the drive just for the inconvenience factor. After about six weeks working on it hit and miss I am ready for another project right now. Great suggestions and I will keep that in mind if I need to pursue further sound reduction.
I will admit it would be nice to hear from Rodney, as his site has been down for some time now. Would love a wellness’ report on both Rodney and Kristi if anyone knows.
Next up is a woodworking project to build a replacement transportation device for the Bachmann provided styrofoam. I have all the designs at hand, just need to move forward with it. Subject for another thread.