Thanks Carn
I haven't come across one like that before. The only ones I have seen is in the picture below. I am curious if both gears actually engage in some way.
@Flattrack
I know of no place to buy these axles except for purchasing old, cheap trains on Ebay for spare parts. Some of us have had success with just Super gluing the two halves together, of course then the clutch no longer works. These clutches, although a great idea in theory to save the motors and gears, proved to get sloppy because of the constant pressure of children holding the train still while the motor is on. This does save the axle gear from stripping on the axle or splitting but eventually the clutch loosens up. I wonder if these axles can be replaced using one without the clutch spring mechanism and just a 12 point gear, haven't tried that yet but I will on my next clutch repair.
I haven't come across one like that before. The only ones I have seen is in the picture below. I am curious if both gears actually engage in some way.
@Flattrack
I know of no place to buy these axles except for purchasing old, cheap trains on Ebay for spare parts. Some of us have had success with just Super gluing the two halves together, of course then the clutch no longer works. These clutches, although a great idea in theory to save the motors and gears, proved to get sloppy because of the constant pressure of children holding the train still while the motor is on. This does save the axle gear from stripping on the axle or splitting but eventually the clutch loosens up. I wonder if these axles can be replaced using one without the clutch spring mechanism and just a 12 point gear, haven't tried that yet but I will on my next clutch repair.