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Rich - 26 Jan 2009 10:37 GMT
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html

That is a stripped gear from my hedgetrimmer. Part is not available.
Wheel on motor is okay.

Can this component be repaired reasonably easily? Will that gear part, I
mean the toothed wheel, be a preferred size in diameter and teeth?

I wonder whether I could dismantle the wheel itself from the other part
(i.e the construction on top of the wheel), get a straight/plain gear
wheel and attach it back to the other part.

Not sure how easily it will be to remove the wheel from the other part.
petercolman45@hotmail.com - 26 Jan 2009 13:57 GMT
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
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> Not sure how easily it will be to remove the wheel from the other part.

If you are unable to find the bit you want, I may be able to turn off
the fear shrink on  a ring and recut the teeth,
Peter
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>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
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> the fear shrink on  a ring and recut the teeth,
> Peter

Those look as though they are helical.  If so it might be cheaper/simpler
to get a new hedge-trimmer.
Rich - 26 Jan 2009 19:44 GMT
>>> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
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> Those look as though they are helical.  If so it might be cheaper/simpler
> to get a new hedge-trimmer.

Yes, they are helical. When I said straight/plain, I was refering simply to
the wheel itself, rather than the whole component.
Rich - 28 Jan 2009 11:35 GMT
On Jan 26, 10:37 am, "Rich" <zi...@dot.com> wrote:
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
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> Not sure how easily it will be to remove the wheel from the other
> part.

If you are unable to find the bit you want, I may be able to turn off
the fear shrink on  a ring and recut the teeth,
Peter
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Are you talking welding over the sheared teeth and re-cutting? Rich
Chris Edwards - 26 Jan 2009 14:06 GMT
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
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>Not sure how easily it will be to remove the wheel from the other part.

  Rich....post more details of the gear illustrated, ie diameter,
thickness, number of teeth.

 When's your birthday?  I may actually have a spare one...:))

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Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset)      "....there *must* be an easier way!"
Rich - 28 Jan 2009 11:33 GMT
>>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
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>  When's your birthday?  I may actually have a spare one...:))

As regards fixing, it's made tricky, because I think that the "wheel
part", with the gears, is not a seperate part from the other part.

I think a bar was turned producing the shape (apart from the very end of
the part obviously). Then I think a hole was drilled into the component
and a shaft pressed into it. Then the gears were cut. Something like
that. So, I don't think you can dismantle the component except the shaft
and the end part opposite the shaft.

Therefore as for repair, I think you can only weld the component where
the teeth are sheared, and re-cut the teeth. Or, cut off the "wheel
part" and bolt another "wheel part" onto the other part.

As to the parameters:

Helical cut teeth. (Slants up 5mm over a thickness of 12mm).

Thickness or width of gear (at the teeth):12mm. But see pictures where
you see side of gear on shaft side is not simply flush.

Wheel diameter: 65mm.

Teeth depth: About 4mm.
Chris Edwards - 29 Jan 2009 10:26 GMT
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>Helical cut teeth. (Slants up 5mm over a thickness of 12mm).
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>Teeth depth: About 4mm.

Rich

    I have an old main helical gear from a B&D hedge trimmer, but slightly
different from you description.  Mine is 65mm dia by 12.6 mm, wide, with
teeth 9.1mm wide.  The teeth are only about 2mm deep though. It has a
driving pin set into one face and is without a shaft, but that should be an
easy fix.

    It looks as though it might do the trick, the tooth width isn't
critical.  Unfortunately, the original photo you posted is no longer
available for comparison.  My wheel's from a cutter about 10 years ago.  If
you want it, send me your name and address by email and I'll shove it in a
padded bag.

   
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Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset)      "....there *must* be an easier way!"
Rich - 29 Jan 2009 11:30 GMT
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> Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset)      "....there *must* be an easier
> way!"

Hi. Sorry, I was messing with my webpages and I deleted some stuff.

I''ll put up the webpage again.

BTW, I counted 61 teeth. The distance between each tooth is about 3mm. I'm
not sure if your wheel has far less teeth from what you say.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html
Rich - 29 Jan 2009 11:32 GMT
>>     I have an old main helical gear from a B&D hedge trimmer, but
>> slightly
>> different from you description.  Mine is 65mm dia by 12.6 mm, wide, with
>> teeth 9.1mm wide.  The teeth are only about 2mm deep though. It has a
>> driving pin set into one face and is without a shaft, but that should be
>> an easy fix.

Yep, tooth depth is about 2mm.
Chris Edwards - 29 Jan 2009 16:22 GMT
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>I''ll put up the webpage again.
>
>BTW, I counted 61 teeth. The distance between each tooth is about 3mm. I'm
>not sure if your wheel has far less teeth from what you say.
>
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richards_internet/TEMPORARY/GEAR.html

Ahhh...bad news, Mine is very different from what I now see.  Mine's a
simple solid gear, without any of the trimmings I can now see.  Ah well :)
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Chris Edwards (in deepest Dorset)      "....there *must* be an easier way!"
 
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