anybody here willing to machine some gears?

[red92s]

You can get parts rapid prototyped in materials that will approximate ABS and nylon. I'd guess that the first part would be $50, with additional copies made at the same time around $15.

DLMS, as previously suggested, gets really expensive really quickly.

http://www.finelineprototyping.com/

[chad99]

Has the vehicle been in a wreck?even what you may consider to be a minor fender Bender can manifest itself in strange ways with today's full unit body type construction.Nylon and various polymer gear sets have been used for decades,without catastrophic fail rates for low torque applications.If you are consistantly shearing gear teeth the answer is to correct your binding linkeage or frame not to construct.steel gears so the.whole assembly can further self destruct itself.

[superspec]

no wrecks. its a fairly common problem for this car.

not a big deal, ill just keep it closed haha. i have 2 of these cars and the first one i bought new and refused to have a sunroof. the 2nd was bought used from a friend so i know its history.

[Okie Pete]

Check around and look for a shop with a plastic printer. A friend showed me a turn buckle with hemi joints for ends that was sent to his employer as a demo piece. The hemi balls moved . It had lefthand and righthand threads that worked. They can also spray other materials also.

[andywander]

Is it always the same gear that breaks?

I might be able to machine a few of those....

[superspec]

in the set that i have there are 2 gears broken.

[68rustang]

do you have a CAD file or are you expecting somebody to do all the work if you send the gears?

Being it is just a sunroof it shouldn't be too hard to get something serviceable without going crazy.

[superspec]

i have zero in the way of files and only a set of gears which 2 of the 4 or 5 are missing teeth or cracked.

[andywander]

"...4 or 5"? I only see 3 gears(not counting the worm) in your photo.

[superspec]

there is one under the top gear next to the penny

[RobSmith]

get onto "Model Engineers Workshop". They're in England and their hobby involves making machines and tools for their workshops..gear cutting is 'just another job' for them. They like fitting computer controls to their machines as well.

[fastbroshi]

I'm late to this party, but you can cut gears a lot quicker on a lathe with a Hardinge dividing head and some cutters. Don't see them much anymore so it's not surprising it hasn't been mentioned. Here's a quick walk through. Hell, maybe the author could do it for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIg8I...l31BQm2hcVpiw=

[Russell]

If nylon/plastic is OK contact this guy, that's what he does: http://www.odometergears.com

Here's the process of cutting gears at home which is not hard, just time consuming and of course you have to have both a mill and a lathe - or a combo machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRmQpSGUAY8

[SVE Performance]

Try here http://gearsmade.com/ .Bill