can the 60c01 gear with clutch be taken to bits

[SNIPE]

Can the 60c01 gear with clutch be dismantled without breaking it?

I want to use it as a 24 tooth idler gear so Id have to take the rubber bits out of the inside but leave the middle bit in still, or take that out as well and put a bush inside.

[Alasdair Ryan]

Yes on one side you can see that it clips into the other side so I think you should be able to separate them by using a sharp knife or small flat head screwdriver.

[SNIPE]

Wont I need 4 hands, lego stuff is hard to get apart most of the time

[Alasdair Ryan]

Wont I need 4 hands, lego stuff is hard to get apart most of the time

With most of these 'clip into place' things you can 'loosen' them off a bit from the other part quite easily.

Do this all the way round gradually and it should come off.

Edited September 12, 2012 by Alasdair Ryan

[SNIPE]

I can't even get the tabs loose ive tried pushing in and tried pushing up or down

[Alasdair Ryan]

Just separated one.

It has a few pin holes and dents but I can send it to you if you want in the post (pm postal address).

[SNIPE]

i'll PM the postal address, thanks a lot, does it go back together and work fine still?

[drdesignz]

I found a view of the inside a while ago, if that helps you at all: www.technicbricks.com/2008/02/tbs-technugets-01-inside-technic-clutch.html

[Alasdair Ryan]

i'll PM the postal address, thanks a lot, does it go back together and work fine still?

It should do.Will i join them together again just with out the gray piece in the middle?

Or will I send you it in two half's?

[SNIPE]

Does the grey bit rotate fine without the two metal pieces? it it does then just send it in two halves it not just two halves but with the grey bit seperate too

do you want the zip code or address?

Edited September 12, 2012 by SNIPE

[Alasdair Ryan]

Does the grey bit rotate fine without the two metal pieces? it it does then just send it in two halves it not just two halves but with the grey bit seperate too

Yes the gray bit rotates fine once the metal parts have been removed.

do you want the zip code or address?

Both via PM.

[skylinedan]

I,m gonna just take a drill and clean the hole out, I,ve got a bunch and can get more if needed. I knida like the idea of having a idler that size, suprised LEGO never came up with one, be a use full part.

Dan

[Carsten Svendsen]

Or you could just put the clutch gear on a buggy motor and hold the gear while it's spinning. The rubber inside will get hot and deformed to a circle so that it's able to rotate freely

[SNIPE]

Or you could just put the clutch gear on a buggy motor and hold the gear while it's spinning. The rubber inside will get hot and deformed to a circle so that it's able to rotate freely

Upon further inspection, thanks to drdesignz for the image, it uses two spring metal plates laid out in parralel, the centre hole rotates them and they bend when they get to the small nubs of the second half of the gear, then unflex when it leaves contact with a nub. so ill just take out the plates and if I want an idler with a 5mm hole I will take out the grey centre bit too or replace it with an easier to remove ,technic bush.