[TroyGT]

I ordered the gear from some speedometer gear place for like $25 bucks and did the repair myself. It really, really isn't that hard to do. The only trick to me was figuring out how to get the face off... but found that info on this board too. The factory gear was made from a material that didn't work well with the gear oil used at the time... which actually weakens the gear and causes it to crystalize and crumble over time. Mine was so bad I had to take a small screwdriver and pick it apart off the spindle like a cookie nailed to a wall. It was in many small pieces once completely removed. My new gear was a nylon replacement rather than a brass one as mentioned earlier.

-Troy