Coot 1st Gear

[allwheeldrive]

Broke first gear in my Coot, need a replacement. CooTom and Richards relics do not have any.


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[hydromike]

I imagine you've already scoured the CootWorld classifieds for parts, so a second option might be to try and get in touch with forum member Coop, who used to have some parts laying around.

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[allwheeldrive]

Yes and thanks for the advise

[ARGOJIM]

If you are near a Boston Gear dealer a lot of what was used by mfrs may be theirs, if available. The no longer available Apex gear was.

[john swenson]

their website does show alot of pictures of gears that look alot like yours.... good luck in finding one, j.b.

[allwheeldrive]

Thanks for the heads up I'll give them a try

[Noel Woods]

I think you should contact forum member Whipper, he has a machine shop in Arizona and should be able to fabricate a gear for you. It may cost a bit more than something that you buy off the shelf, but he does fine work and the gear should outlast the Coot. He will no doubt need you to send him the original so he can spec it out.

[Castro]

get this thing going so we can ride again!!!!! The argo is missing pulling that coot out of the mud

[allwheeldrive]

Yea I hear you Castro, I'm having withdrawals to. You’d think in this day and age anything could be had but I’m jumping through hoops and not getting anywhere. I don’t understand how a transmission this heavily produced (All Coots, Eagles, Terra Jets and a number of 6wheelers) for over 30 years and NO ONE kept manufacturing or has a stock pile of this common gear and NO shop can make it so far for under $900!

BostonGear got back to me after I sent the model and drawing:
“Thank you for your drawing. Unfortunately, we do not have a standard gear that could be altered to match your requirements. We would not be able to made a custom gear for your low 1-2pc quantity. However, thank you for your opportunity and have a nice day.”

I'll try and get a hold of him Noel thanks.

[dirtdobber]

Allwheel if Whipper can't help you I have a suggestion. Find a very competent welding/machine shop. With the proper technique and proper high strength filler material, it looks like that gear can be put back together (although I don't like that tooth in the keyway). Finding a new gear, or having one fabricated at a reasonable cost is ideal, but as a last resort the welding route will at least it will get you going.

[JoeMeg]

Have ya tried these folks?

Replacement Parts

[allwheeldrive]

Have ya tried these folks?

Replacement Parts

I tried them 1 month ago. They said they will not, and can not make any gears that could be used in any sort of vehicle, on road, off road, or sport, anything with wheels. They said it voids their insurance.

[JoeMeg]

They don't have any thing stock that's similar enough to suffice? Whatta ya mean vehicle, I thought this trans was for a waterwheel setup your making down by the creek in your backyard,wink wink.

[hipowerone]

I tried them 1 month ago. They said they will not, and can not make any gears that could be used in any sort of vehicle, on road, off road, or sport, anything with wheels. They said it voids their insurance.

That is pretty lame. If that held true for all parts suppliers, no one would be making or selling anything, for fear it might be used in a way that might bring them into an alleged lawsuit!

[allwheeldrive]

That is pretty lame. If that held true for all parts suppliers, no one would be making or selling anything, for fear it might be used in a way that might bring them into an alleged lawsuit!

I fully agree, I can't believe we live in a country where lawsuits are so prevalent that this could even be an issue, worst still that wasn't the only place that I got the exact same response from, 3 of 4 (with the 4th pricing me $900) came back with the same exact lawyer disclaimer (we can not make your part it is for a vehicle BS)

Thus from that day on like JoeMeg said I simply do not mentioned what the part is far only the specifications.

I have found a good deal of 12 tooth gears with very similar dimensions (but not quite), but it seems the 13 tooth is completely non existent in anyone's line up period )-:

Still waiting to hear back from Whipper-AG I sent him a PM and an email no response as of yet.
I'm going to stay away from welding it back together. These gears are notoriously frail, if they shatter when completely fresh and in good shape I doubt any weld will hold. Not to mention the fact the weld would have to fit in the keyway somehow.

It is rather frustrating. I recall spending months trying to figure out what was wrong with my Predator 460 only to have a Predator dealer look at it and tell me he couldn't figure it out either, I bought a new one and moved on. The fact I can't just "buy" a solution (for less than a considerable portion of the machines worth) is very aggravating to say the least combined with the fact this isn't like trying to find spare parts for a Quadractor or a Pengor Penguin. This tranimssion was in mass production for decades. Somewhere a box of thousands of these gears are just collecting dust.