drive train wearing out?

[gurellia53]

Originally Posted by squirrel

If you really can't be bothered to check all the connections...you probably should not have asked for help????....

Seriously, just because you don't think this is the problem, until you actually check the connections (really check them), you won't know if they are OK or not. You have described symptoms which are commonly caused by poor power distribution connections, so it would be time well spent seeing if that is the cause, even if you have never experienced this situation before--others have, and several folks here zeroed in on this as the most likely culprit.

Sorry if I seemed ignorant of the power distribution. Like I said, I'm not even on the electrical team. It's definitely something we'll look at.

It sounds like its an electrical problem which hopefully wont be too difficult to fix. If I'm understanding this right, a lose connection would increase resistance in series with the motors and dropping the voltage available to them. Also, it might lose contact and cause a momentary loss of power to the motors. Is this correct?

Thanks to everyone who has responded so promptly!