I'm curious if anyone who has had this problem tried to contact Ron at American Models to see if replacement gears are available and if they would be provided gratis? If the gears were defective I would think he would be accommodating. He seems to be a reasonable guy to deal with when problems come up with his products.
It seems to me to be a very expensive fix to replace all the wheelsets rather than just pressing on new gears. Of course I have zero experience doing either so it may be more involved than it seems. I have a fair number of AM engines but since I only have a test loop of track I doubt any have more than an hour run time on them. Someday I expect to have a layout, and I suspect I could have this problem in the future. If AM does not have just the gears available, I would be interested if anyone has a source of such. I’d like to have some on hand for future repairs.
Dean Hall
