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Reply to "Lionel Legacy K-4 Gear Issue"

I have two proposed solutions:

1. Check to see if NWSL has a replacement. They are back in business! They just might have your gear as a "stock item," and if not they are ramping back up for custom gears. If it's custom, it's going to cost you for set-up.

2. Contact James Norris at https://jamestrainparts.com to see if he can design replacement gear for you and have it produced at shapeways.com using 3-D printing. I did this for a 10-tooth mod 75 left-hand(!) gear for a Sunset 3rd Rail Cab Forward (everything's backward!). Talk about impossible to find! The cost was very reasonable (I'm almost ashamed how inexpensive the entire process was). One gear will cost you less than $20 once Norris posts the design on shapeways.com for your review and production. Multiple gears can be made in one design, again for less than $20. It looks like your gear is metallic (I'm probably wrong because it's hard to tell from the photo), and if the other gears or worm are also metal, you are guaranteeing excessive wear. Consider having the gear made of PA12 on shapeways.com. It's a very tough, structural material. Shapeways can do brass and stainless steel, but I'm not sure that's the way to go. Anyway, talk to James...

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