please help me identify this piece

[GazK]

Could anyone please help me with the name and/or lego ID of this piece? I got an extreme lego book for my birthday and I need to order a couple. None of the obvious search terms or google images have helped.

[laix]

It's the Technic, Gearbox Half (32166)

[GazK]

It's the Technic, Gearbox Half

aaah, lovely, thanks. I was searching on "gear" and "liftarm" - no wonder I couldn't find it.

[Phoxtane]

That's an exotic piece. What are you planning to use it for?

[legolijntje]

That's an exotic piece. What are you planning to use it for?

Well, he says he got a book for it's birthday. I recognized the brackground; it's from the book "Forbidden Lego".

I looked it up and the photo is from the "Candy Coated Catapult". It can also be the "Ping-Pong Cannon" (same piece is also there), but according to the picture it is the catapult

[DLuders]

@ GazK: Here are YouTube videos of the "Forbidden Lego" book's Candy-Coated Catapult and Ping-Pong Cannon (by windlepoons101). The part you asked about is colored green in the first video and white in the second:

Edited June 9, 2012 by DLuders

[GazK]

Quite right, its the forbidden lego book wot I got... the videos are great, its hard to visualise how the mechanisms work from still images.

[Saberwing40k]

By sheer coincidence, i got this book as well. it's a bit out of date, but good for inspiration. Case in point, the off roader in the book is laughably primitive compared to what some of us trial truckers have done.

[GazK]

By sheer coincidence, i got this book as well. it's a bit out of date, but good for inspiration. Case in point, the off roader in the book is laughably primitive compared to what some of us trial truckers have done.

I know what you mean - the vehicle is the one item in the book I have no intention of building - not after I motorised my off-roader!

While we're at it could anyone tell me what the long thin rods in this photo are called? I need to order those as well:

[keroro]

It look like similar a piece in a white bionicle...

[laix]

They seem to be Hose, Rigid 3mm e.g. 75c22. But every axle with axle joiners should do the same job Probably the easiest way to search for specific parts is to use Bricklink's search for "Catalog Items" and showing the results in "Thumbnail Gallery". You will get a quick overview and find your parts really fast.

Edited June 10, 2012 by laix

[keroro]

Here you can see the piece:

http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?q=gearbox+half

[Blakbird]

I only recall this part being used in a single Technic set and that's the 8446 Crane Truck.

It was also in a bunch of Slizer/Throwbot sets.

Edited June 11, 2012 by Blakbird