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by Kickaha » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:43 pm
Had the 5th gear from the MHR dropped off to me which I was taking to a mate at Air NZ to see if they could do anything with it, driving down the road I had to pass Duralloy so thought I'd give them a look at it, $60 per tooth to repair and there's 30 teeth with most needing a repair, they can make a new gear which will give me a few cents change out of $1000, or they can machine the teeth off, make up new teeth on a sleeve and install them with an interference fit and spot welds for $300
Best bit was the older guy I was talking to asks me if I know what they do and when I say I've got a rough idea gives me a tour of the shop floor showing me the different machines and what they do, very cool
Just have to talk to my mechanic but the after going through it with the guy at Duralloy the $300 option looks pretty good
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