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Sorry for digging up an old thread ;) In the solar car I'm building (see the 'heavily modified 8880 chassis' thread) I've so far broken 3 old style 24 tooth gears. (among some old style 12 tooth crown gears, but that's no surprise really...) The (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Dude, this is old! :-) (...) That's been my experience too. Especially with the old-style 24 tooth gears. In fact, the axle support kinda warps as the axle rotates out. And then sometimes it just breaks. Just use the new style 24t gears. The (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I don't have any new style 24t gears. My newest lego set is the 8880 supercar from 1995, that has now been dusted off and mutated to serve as a school project. :) (...) New style 24t gears would be fine, as long as they're compatible with the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) You could double all the z24 gears and link then togheter with friction pins and/or cross axles. Or, you could boil them: (URL) don't blame me if it wont work with the old z24's and it will certainly ruin any warranty :) (...) See this (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hey, very informative page! I see now I didn't brake 12tooth gears, but 14tooth bevel gears. (4143) These look even flimsier than the current 12 tooth bevel gears... About the 24t gears, I'm currently using them like this: (URL) the 2 24t (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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Another dig up then. ;) I mailed lego about the 5 'old style' broken z24 gears, and asked them if they would send me 5 new ones. (preferably at no cost) Their reaction: because these gears are not available in any service pack, we will send them to (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Cool. I wish I'd kept all the ones I broke! I think I tossed them out. Or did you even need the old broken ones? The only experience I had with parts replacement and Lego was when I asked for two new mini-motors. Lego promptly sent the new (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I didn't even have to send the broken ones, I just got the new ones, no questions asked. It's the first time I've even contacted lego for me, so I wouldn't know if this is standard procedure... (21 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Sometimes. (...) I've got two motors replaced also but never had to turn in the faulty ones. I had the misfortunes about a year between each so it was only one motor at the time. (...) I think they do if the parts are expensive i.e. motors, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic)
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