Tonka Fire Rescue Truck 03473, No.36. Got this for our grandson at Christmas when he was 3-years old. As a 3-yo, he operated the boom manually by hand, so the boom did not work correctly very long. He is now out of college now and I thought I get it fixed for this Christmas, Maybe use the controls this time… but I digress…LOL!
OK, so I saw another post where someone else mentioned a split gear in the boom transmission assembly. No mention as to where it was located and/or how to get to it. Only mentioned to take photos of the tear down or you’ll be lost. Outside of that, totally useless post. & yes, you had better take plenty of pictures! After complete disassembly of nearly the entire truck, I found the split gear. It is a total nightmare to get to the damaged part in the gear box! Note-over a half dozen different types of screws. When you split the transmission open, it's the smallest, 1st pinion gear in unit, a 10-tooth nylon gear. Once I locate a replacement gear, I will take photos of the reassembly and re-post them with any/all information I find on the replacement parts. Wish me luck!
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Not hard to take the cover off the truck. Maybe 8-12 screws holding the body to the frame. The ladder lift/lower gearbox has plastic gears. You can purchase misc gears from Amazon. Taking the gearbox apart is a bit tricky but can be done. Take lots of pics and take your time. I have rebuilt over a dozen of these. Same issue typically. Also need to solder wires occasionally.
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