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Default hardened gear on a mild shaft

On Sep 27, 9:52*pm, "Bob in Phx" wrote:
Ok, I need some suggestions here. I have an electric bike motor that has
"spun" a gear.


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any other ideas....



I've had good luck silver soldering in this situation - you can keep
the teeth cool enough so they dont' loose temper because the "low
temp" silver solder is around 1200 deg if I remember right. As soon
as the solder wicks, cool the assembly do you don't detemper the
teeth.

And I've also (when really annoyed) just zapped it with an arc
welder....