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 Posted - January 05 2007 : 12:15:11 AM
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I was recently given an older Bachmann F9 for Christmas and it has a cracked gear.
I am in need of a Bman power truck for parts, motor doesn't need to work,just needs to have good gears.
Thank You!
Carl T.
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Posted - January 05 2007 : 01:46:07 AM
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Ah yes, the infamous cracked gears in Kadercakes. Seems that the axles are just a hair too wide for the hole in the gear... and while they offer as nice force/ snug fit at first, over time as the plastic gear ages it gets brittle and cracks outward under the stress. I always see these cracks running straightline from a tooth base to the axle.
Can you post of photo of what you need. I *might* have one in my parts bin, but am not sure. There's all sorts of gears in there and I forgot where they came from [}:)]
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Posted - January 05 2007 : 11:19:41 AM
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I have fixed some of those, but finding replacement gears is the best way to go, but hard to find.
There are a few different variations in the truck design.
some have the split axle design and some have a solid 1 piece axle.
I did used L/L gears as replacements on one, it wasn't a drop in replacement though.
Ray
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Posted - January 05 2007 : 7:40:54 PM
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Hi Fellas,
I don't have a digital camera so I can't post a photo of the gear I need.
But I can describe it to ya.
The gear needed is the one next to the wheel axle.
Just a solid metal shaft and plastic gear.
The drive wheel axles are solid and not a split axle like Ray described.
Many thanks!
Carl T.
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Posted - January 06 2007 : 11:53:09 PM
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Does this have any of the parts you need?
I'd turned this into a dummy truck (axle gears cracked). That's all I've got right now, I'm afraid. I do have some of the other gears you see in there, loose... but they're slightly different versions.
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Posted - December 29 2017 : 10:14:50 AM
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| Older Lifelike idler gears can be installed in Bachmann diesels but you must bore the axle diameter slightly to accommodate this gear; the plastic used in Lifelike gears appears to be far superior to what was used by Bachmann.
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Posted - December 29 2017 : 5:51:22 PM
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| If you can post pics maybe able to help
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