Trix gears

[Elvis Evans]

I have a Trix German 0-6-0T shunter chassis and it has a broken gear. The gear that's broken is the one on the rear axle, diven by the worm on the motor. Does anyone know of a replacement gear I can buy? Or a replacement rear axle. Or a replacement chassis but with a broken motor so I can swap bits over.
Yours, Elvis Evans

[tedp]

If it is the T3 or Dock Tank chassis (see photo, showing one of them with the centre wheels removed) it is best to get another one at any local swapmeet, for a few pounds.

[B.Meldon]

These gears are the same as those used in the Jouef produced Egger locos and the Egger-bahn locos made after 1965.

The later Minitrix 0-6-0 dock tank chassis had a brass insert in the centre of the gear wheel. Unfortunately these snap far more often than the previous solid plastic gears.

As Ted said non working chassis of this type are common as the motors tend to fail so you should be able to get one for under

[Elvis Evans]

The N gauge loco is a German shunter. It has spoked wheels and motion on the sides that look like they're trying to be Heusinger gear. The gear that's broken is the one on the rear axle. It's driven by the worm on the motor. The broken gear looks like it's plastic. I was hoping that there would be a supplier of small plastic gears to could be made to fit.
As for getting another chassis with a broken motor (as both my replies have suggested), that's rather what I was asking for i the last bit of my original post.
Yours, Elvis Evans

[tedp]

Pobably that is the class 80 chassis. This is different from the dock tank. But perhaps Brian can tell whether the gear from a dock tank will fit this chassis. I don't know as I never used one of these.

[Elvis Evans]

Yes, it goes appear to be the class 80. Yours, Elvis Evans

[B.Meldon]

I will have to check but I think that the gear from the dock tank will indeed fit the more detailed Minitrix 0-6-0 chassis that you have.
Broken spur gears are very common on these chassis; in my experience about half have this problem.

The more detailed chassis is also not the easiest to take apart and put back together.

Brian Meldon