Help!....worn gears

[clive]

Hi folks-long time since I logged on since last summer - hope you all had a good winter, now thoughts are turning to spring, can anyone tell me how I can replace worn gears on a 40+. When I opened the gearbox, it was full of thick yellow grease (horror!) and obviously had not lubricated the gears the way nature intended. the top gear-not sure of the name- is almost worn smooth, whilst the bigger gear seems OK. Is it possible to change just this top gear?
Many thanks for your help

[chris]

might be best to change them both, john has the parts, it is any easier job than looks

[40TPI]

Yes you can change just the top pinion wheel but....

I think you will find it is much, much, much, less expensive and possibly a lot less work to buy a parts motor with a good gearbox.

And being in Devon you should have more Seagulls locally than you can shake a stick at....

Peter

[chris]

agree 100% they are easy to rebuild but parts are expensive, you could buy a complete motor for the same cost

[clive]

thanks for this, I'm off to haunt ebay now, hope my boss doesn't mind....!