Replacement idler gear for American Flyer "O" small motors.

Hi Harry,

  Any chance that you would ever reproduce the idler gears for Lionel's prewar switchers? Thanks & stay healthy.

Tom 

Thanks for the info - order placed.

Tom,

       I would need a sample.  Harry 

Good ..ill be placing an order this weekend!

For you guys & gals in the know, maybe you could post a list of the A. F. engines that these gears fit.  I am sure it would help some of our collectors of these motors.  I am first to say I do NOT know much about the pre war Flyer or Ives.  Harry  

There are several AF engines which I think use this gear - below are two of them.

AF Type 916-915

and

AF Type 617-614  (Both numbers per the Greenberg book on Flyer O gauge).

 The ID cast into the gear on both of the locomotives shown above is  I -685 - 691 not 685/191 but yours appears to be a match.  I pulled out one of my engines and set your gear down as close as I could get it to the mounted gear. It is the same diameter and thickness, the teeth line up, and the center hole is a match for the shaft.  

  The next issue will be that of replacements for the drivers - for the two engines shown the drivers are diecast and they are slowly crumbling.

Robert I hear you on the driver's.  Not currently reproduced.  Sent some samples to Harry a while back to look at possibily reproducing.  Understand it's not a simple process.

Thanks Harry for helping us keep these oldies going.

Steve

@Harry Henning posted:

For you guys & gals in the know, maybe you could post a list of the A. F. engines that these gears fit.  

I believe a lot of the lightweight  sheet metal boilered locos used this motor: Inclusive of Robert S Butler listing.... Champion line, 403, 417, 437, 612, 614, 617, 629, 729, 3303, 3313, 4303, 4603, un-numbered locos.  There were some streamliners that used this motor.... Minnehaha, sheet metal Hiawatha, sheet metal Zephyr, Green Diamond, and the Comet.  Phew. I am sure I missed some...