I have an MTH 4-8-4 ATSF 2900 class Northern with a stripped gear. MTH does not have parts. I think the worm gear is stripped. Looking for an O scale guy who can fabricate or substitute this part. Motor and DCS is good. If all else fails, I have thought about putting a diesel behind it and pushing it like a dummy unit. I hate to junk such a nice engine. It has a huge tender with 8 wheel trucks. Any advice welcome.
Ray
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Is the stripped gear on the motor, or the one that the motor gear drives? If it is the driven gear, MTH doesn't sell individual gears, but you must buy a frame and truck block assembly, if it is available. I have a Pittman motor with a good gear on it that you are welcome to, if that would be of any help. LMK.
There is an established company - NorthWest Short Line - that has been supplying
wheels and gears to model RR's for, I think, decades. They are nwsl.com.
There is a contact/question info form; I have never dealt with them, but their
reputation is good, and have known a guy or two who has.
I you cannot find a more direct solution (check eBay for MTH parts, frames, fixer-uppers
that you could use for parts swapping - and they do not have to be just your particular MTH loco, either; many parts are shared), then e-mail them with your situation and questions. They do deal primarily with HO, etc - but they know about "us", plus even have a menu item called "Gear Request Form".
A gear is a gear - it's all a matter of specifications; getting it on your axle, dunno...see if you can talk to/e-mail them, if MTH/eBay/etc fails.
I have an MTH 4-8-4 ATSF 2900 class Northern with a stripped gear. MTH does not have parts. I think the worm gear is stripped. Looking for an O scale guy who can fabricate or substitute this part. Motor and DCS is good. If all else fails, I have thought about putting a diesel behind it and pushing it like a dummy unit. I hate to junk such a nice engine. It has a huge tender with 8 wheel trucks. Any advice welcome.
Ray
Ray, As Luke states. I have done this for customers before. An ASC has to order the frame and swap parts. I pulled the gear off the bad one and could not find a substitute. I am sure one could be made with the sample. G
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