G'day folks,
Originally Posted by vint_mow
Just a thought, I wonder if an engineering place (or clever backyard engineer?) could make you up the same drive gear out of metal? A 3D printed gear drive sounds like a bad joke to me!
I doubt that even a backyarder could make one of these gears for an affordable cost - it's quite a complex component.

Here's an old thread which has pics of a failed nylon gear, https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=22438&page=all

Also shown there, is a steel repro gear which a now defunct parts specialist [Turf Machinery Services] had made - even though it was cheaply constructed of stacked steel stampings, their sell price was $132 for these.

Cheers,
Gadge

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