11-29-2012, 05:51 PM
If the gear is truly split, then glue won't help much.
HOWEVER
I know that the gears on many of these old drives sometimes DO spin. I notice this on a lot of Brass models especially, where plastic gears are pressed onto metal shafts.
I reccomend Loctite 609 for this purpose. It is a thin, green adhesive that sets in 5 minutes, giving you time to work with it. It can also be used to affix Flywheels to motor shafts. Its supposedly formulated to hold up in these High-Torque environments.
It can be found here by scrolling down to "misclaneous repowering parts". It is item # 20010. I have not yet had this glue fail on me, all the drives i've rebuilt are still "stuck".
HOWEVER
I know that the gears on many of these old drives sometimes DO spin. I notice this on a lot of Brass models especially, where plastic gears are pressed onto metal shafts.
I reccomend Loctite 609 for this purpose. It is a thin, green adhesive that sets in 5 minutes, giving you time to work with it. It can also be used to affix Flywheels to motor shafts. Its supposedly formulated to hold up in these High-Torque environments.
It can be found here by scrolling down to "misclaneous repowering parts". It is item # 20010. I have not yet had this glue fail on me, all the drives i've rebuilt are still "stuck".
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