Who's good for pinions - UK

[TWINSET]

Just done my 'ring round the morons' stint, no luck[!]

Obviously Wednesday is work experience day

Anyone know of a good LHS that keeps a decent range of motor pinions?

I need 2 off "32 pitch, 9 tooth" jobbies (for the next Crawler)

[Tamiya UK]

the reason you wont find any at a model shop is that no models use them anymore, you just need to ring RW and order them direct.

[TWINSET]

Ignorance time - who's RW?

[malcolm(2)]

RW Racing, they make a full range of pinions in metric and imperial pitch, but I don't think they deal direct with the public.

Models in Motion in Stevenage usually have a pretty full range of pinions for sale, and as they sell a lot of Tamiya's they usually have the 32dp ones in stock. 01438 740404. They have a web site as well, check the magazine adds.

[mud4fun]

On the subject of pinions I need some new ones for my thundershot. The original ones seem to be made from aluminium and they wear out in no time. Can anybody recommend an alternative? were they available in steel? Many thanks, Ian.

[malcolm(2)]

Same applies. The RW pinions are steel, fit the Thudershot and last seemingly forever. I suppose they wear the spur gear as they are harder than the Tamiya originals, but it's not a major problem. I'm not sure if the Thundershot was 32dp or 0.6 metric pitch. The old Falcon was 32 dp, but the TA01/2 (and therefore the MantaRay) was 0.6 metric. LHS should be able to advise.

[mud4fun]

Cheers Malcolm!

[Gates Mini Racing]

Hi the models in motion websites are...

Models in Motion http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk

And their spares division http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/sparesindex.asp

if you have no joy try goldstar stockists. http://www.tamiyaparts.co.uk

Cheers

Mike