nylon gear replacement services
Most of the nylon gears in the AW-1, MD-2 & MD-100 rewind and MD-3 wind are split due to old age, see below, and original Nikon parts are now very scarce. I am now down to my last four new Nikon MD-3 gears, and previously I limited the re-gearing service to a few customers with mint MDs. However, I have commissioned a specialised gear company to manufacture the AW-1, MD-2 & MD-100 and MD-3 gears in brass for me. These brass gears are superior to the original nylon ones, as they are much stronger and will never split. Hence I can give a life time warranty on the replacement brass gear against any defects. Also, the re-geared MDs are actually quieter than when they were new, because of better gear couplings.
The re-gearing prices are :
MD-2, MD-100 | MD-2, MD-100
rewind | wind and
gear only | rewind gears
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GBP 160 | GBP 215
EUR 185 | EUR 250
USD 215 | USD 290
MD-3
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GBP 130
EUR 150
USD 180
The re-gearing services also include re-greasing of internal gears.
I can also sell you just the gears if you want to fit them yourself.
AW-1 wind, MD-2, MD-100 rewind or MD-3 wind gear = $40
MD-2, MD-100 wind gear = $45
MD-3 regearing instructions = $30
(11 pages with step-by-step instructions and 15 photos)
MD-2, MD-100 regearing instructions = $40
(19 pages with step-by-step instructions and 34 photos)
Airmail is $9 for the gears and instructions.
MD type Motor gear Coupling gear Remaining gears to the F2 body
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MD-1 metal nylon metal
MD-2 <44xxxx metal nylon metal
MD-2 >44xxxx nylon metal metal
MD-3 nylon metal metal
AW-1 nylon metal metal
MD-100 nylon metal metal
Regeared MDs metal metal metal
Very common, and almost 100% for MD-3s.
