2-6-0/4-4-0 Axle & Gear Availability

[Fred2179]

Mr Bach-man/Administrator,
The axle with gear has been out of stock for months. There are still lots of 4-4-0s and 2-6-0s that need a replacement.
Model: 813XX-13:


And I notice you sell just the gear - some poor guy tried to fit it on the old knurled axle. I don't think we have any of the new "D" gears failing yet, so no-one has an axle with a flat for the new gears. Suggest you delete this:
Model: 813XX-13-A   Axle Gear G Scale (/Universal/2-8-0/2-6-0/4-4-0 )
https://estore.bachmanntrains.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69_139&products_id=11565

[Greg Elmassian]

How can that gear be universal? Aren't there 2 different axles/gears?

if so, the gear alone clearly cannot be universal.

[Fred2179]

How can that gear be universal? Aren't there 2 different axles/gears?

if so, the gear alone clearly cannot be universal.

It certainly isn't universal. As far as I know, the 2-8-0 axle is longer for the outside frames and counterweights. There's a replacement axle with a brass gear.  There is no long axle for the 2-8-0 with the new "D" gear.

The 4-4-0 and 2-6-0 axle+gear, as pictured in my post, works on either loco.  The gear, with the "D" shaped hole, is NOT compatible with the old axle which is knurled.

IMHO Bachmann should not be selling the gear on its own unless they also sell the axle.