Spare gears

I was changing the gear oil in my t-90 today and some gear teeth came out with the oil. I guess I can either put them back in or save them for trail spares...you never know when you're going to break one off.

I think the tooth count affects the gear ratio, it didn't seem like it had changed.
I was going to sign up for the January trail ride, but I don't think I'll make that one. At least the transfer case oil looked pretty good. It was going to be a relaxing winter.

Thanks for the input guys. I certainly was kidding. Just trying to use a little humor to make the situation a little less of a bummer. I will be pulling the transmission this week and ordering more parts. I couldn't tell what gear they were from, but they were all new and sourced from wherever they were available at the time. I don't really remember hearing them break or anything, but it did pop out of gear violently once or twice.
It didn't sound quite like the t-86 that I blew up in my first jeep when my rebuilding buddy left out the bearing retainers. That was more of a crunch crunch crunch pow kind of thing. It also didn't sound like the time I was wheeling all day about fifty miles from home and when I stopped for gas the guy next to me said my jeep was smoking. When I looked under it the drain plug for the transfer case was gone and smoke was billowing out. Even with a new plug and oil it just got really loud really fast.

Got it all apart. The brand new cluster gear lost about seven teeth and several more were cracked and ready to go. The brand new hardened shaft for the cluster gear didn't agree with all the hardened steel particles, so it was heading south also. The input shaft main bearing had gear teeth shoved into it and was rough also.
I ordered a NOS cluster gear and am waiting on a rebuild kit. At least the teeth that are gone are in constant mesh, eliminating "driver error" as the cause. The driver makes plenty of errors, just not this one.

They went back on pretty good.
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That's whats great about these forums, so much info. I went ahead and used the epoxy to hold the teeth on, jb weld to fill the big gaps, and held in place with duct tape while it all set up. Super glue is just not safe.

Here are the real spare gears. I think there's enough to build an extra six speed.
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If you work on jeeps, you need a tub of that lube at the bottom right.

Good idea, thanks. These other people told me I could just stick the teeth back on and reuse them. WTF?

This part is not meant to be humorous.
When I built this transmission, I had to wait about a month for the special high dollar extra hardened countershaft from a well respected company in the USA. That is the shaft on the bottom. Zoom in to see the smoothness of that special shaft.
That shaft was wearing prematurely for some reason, and I believe it wore far enough out that the gears were able to eat each other.
Since their shaft is still said to be the best available, I ordered another one from the same outfit. The new one is the beautifully machined, o-ringed model that is right above the other one in the picture.
I hope this one lasts a little longer!
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I got it all back together. Sounds quieter and shifts nicer than ever. I would have gone on the trail run today but I booked a pheasant hunt while parts were on indefinite backorder. I'm hoping the glue will hold long enough to get to the March trail run.