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Alton Alternator- Podtronics regulator???
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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Fisher" data-source="post: 32819" data-attributes="member: 510"><p>The guy at Alton was actually pretty good with me, he sent several nylon gears (at one point both bikes had the nylon gear type) and eventually just sent a new direct drive replacement, however at that time they would have been under warranty, but there was never any hassle with alton. There must be a reason why they went with a nylon gear but i don't know what it is. I don't know the dates of the design changes, maybe yours is an older unit that sat on the shelf for a while. I'm not sure how to tell which one is which without taking the back off, although there are several styles of front cover, some plastic and some ally. I think, from memory, which is suspect at best, the nylon gear type has an ally front cover with a little alton badge in the middle. If no-one else can help I could take a look at the two dead units in my shed tonight. I have often wondered if i could get a bronze gear made to replace the nylon one, but I can't help thinking that Alton would have done that if it made more sense, maybe the nylon one was meant to be sacrificial under extreme circumstances? Somebody must know?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Fisher, post: 32819, member: 510"] The guy at Alton was actually pretty good with me, he sent several nylon gears (at one point both bikes had the nylon gear type) and eventually just sent a new direct drive replacement, however at that time they would have been under warranty, but there was never any hassle with alton. There must be a reason why they went with a nylon gear but i don't know what it is. I don't know the dates of the design changes, maybe yours is an older unit that sat on the shelf for a while. I'm not sure how to tell which one is which without taking the back off, although there are several styles of front cover, some plastic and some ally. I think, from memory, which is suspect at best, the nylon gear type has an ally front cover with a little alton badge in the middle. If no-one else can help I could take a look at the two dead units in my shed tonight. I have often wondered if i could get a bronze gear made to replace the nylon one, but I can't help thinking that Alton would have done that if it made more sense, maybe the nylon one was meant to be sacrificial under extreme circumstances? Somebody must know? [/QUOTE]
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