You know those tiny inserts in timers and clocks that crumble after time. They are the plastic pinion gear that fits into the magnetic rotor of the common Intermatic timing motors.
Does anyone have a source for just these pieces? I have several appliances that are either inoperative or from which I've been "borrowing" these pieces to fix others.
A typical motor part number is WG-1420-1.
Thanks.
--- sam
Do they have to be plastic for noise or vibration reasons ? I ended up with a load of clock repairers spare pinions , but all are brass or steel or combination of both.
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The material probably doesn't matter but the specific part I'm referring to actually fits into a mating recepticle - it isn't a gear that goes on a shaft.
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Thanks but these are not normal pinion gears. They fit a socket on the magnetized rotor with a specific shape. So, either an exact replacement is needed or the entire rotor needs to be replaced.
Yes, possibly something could be modified, but that kind of defeats the purpose of just being able to drop in a replacement for a 5 cent part.
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Sam, This guy supplies gear kits that he says will repair the "(Intermatic WG-1420, WG-1420-2 and WG-1420-3) and also the european Intermatic WG-5094". $15 for the armature and idler gear. Here's the URL for a picture of the gears:
and the main page:
Those ball clocks look cool I might have to buy one.
Richard
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