super gears for LL GP9

[Anonymous]

Ive had a LL GP9 for a couple years in the box brand new. Put in service recently and found out it has some bad gears in both trucks. I took it all apart and the spacing seams wrong for the axle gears. I was wondering if Earnst makes a kit for these? I have old Athern SD9 with them and they are great.

[Medina1128]

Why not check to see if Proto 2000 trucks can be used. They are the high locomotives made by LifeLike.

[Anonymous]

It is Proto 2000

[Anonymous]

check with LL,I believe they had a problem with gearing some time back, and made a better replacement.

[cacole]

Contact LifeLike in Baltimore, explain what you have (exact model stock number) and see if they have replacement truck assemblies. They sent me replacements for a BL-2 model at no charge and they even paid the postage.

[dacort]

I'm not sure about the GP9 but I have a couple Proto 2000 GP60s and a GP30, and the trucks are virtually identical to Athearn blue box/RTR trucks. I took one apart and the Athearn gears will drop right in. I also have an early Proto 2000 SD9 (from the mid '90s)and it has a different kind of mechanism. If your GP9 is the later style, you should be able to use Athearn parts (or the Ernst kit for Athearn GPs if you prefer).

[Anonymous]

I had the same problem with my P2K GP-9. I emailed Life Like, and they shipped me two sets of drive wheels, and did so VERY quickly. My problem is now solved, and I now have an additional set "just in case".

[dacort]

I had a chance to look at one of the recent Proto 2000 GP9i models and sure enough, it's got the same Athearn-like trucks.