My Shay has just coughed a truck gear too. ![Cry :'(](https://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/Smileys/default/cry.gif)
Nice to know I can get an upgraded replacement set![Smiley :)](https://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Not only that, in addition to the upgraded plastic gears shown below, replacement gears are available. Not a solution for everyone but Northwest Short Line is shipping steel pinion gears for the Bachmann On30 Shay as of November 2010. Not free and some assembly required, but a permanent fix to that part of the locomotive. No connection to NWSL, just a longtime satisfied customer (actually of both Bachmann & NWSL).
Best,
Konrad
![Cry :'(](https://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/Smileys/default/cry.gif)
Nice to know I can get an upgraded replacement set
![Smiley :)](https://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Not only that, in addition to the upgraded plastic gears shown below, replacement gears are available. Not a solution for everyone but Northwest Short Line is shipping steel pinion gears for the Bachmann On30 Shay as of November 2010. Not free and some assembly required, but a permanent fix to that part of the locomotive. No connection to NWSL, just a longtime satisfied customer (actually of both Bachmann & NWSL).
Best,
Konrad