Japanese Kato EMU service/repair

[arrownet]

You can almost certainly replace just the motor, rather then needing an entire new chassis. May not be a Kato spare.

I am willing to explore any and all options - I suspect that replacing the motor is easy, once you know what you are doing.
Trouble is, I don't!

[njee20]

My sole Kato experience is a Eurostar, but on that motor replacement is trivial. No tools required at all. Like I say, I don't know if you can get replacements, but buying a whole new chassis is definitely a sledgehammer to crack a walnut type approach!

It would be worth confirming the motor's actually the culprit first - applying DC power directly to the motor will confirm if that's the issue, someone like Dr Al, as advised, would be a great person to help with this if you're not confident.

[arrownet]

Thanks @njee20, I just had another try at running it on DC but with the same result - lights but no motor.
However, upon re-reading your message I see that you're saying to apply power directly to the motor - I will drop Dr Al a line in due course for advice on this.

On the plus side, the new chassis only comes to £20 or so...