Power Wheels Steel First Gear 72T w/ 2 Steel Ball Bearings

Product code: Power-Wheels-Steel-First-Gear-1

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The First Gear is the weakest link in a Power Wheels 7R or Phoenix Gearcase. This is the solution. We designed this gear with a leading American gear manufacturing company to be so strong we offer a Lifetime Warranty* on it. This 72 tooth gear is made from one solid piece of stock, heat treated, and has holes to cut weight. The steel ball bearings reduce friction, heat, and resistance making for the most efficient gear possible.

To install this gear in a Phoenix or Phoenix 2.0 gearbox simply slide a bearing onto the shaft, then the gear, then the second bearing. Done.

To install this gear in a 7R gearbox you will have to sand the black finish off of the shaft that it spins on. Do not sand the black finish off of the portion of the shaft that installs into the gearbox housing. Clean the grease off the first gear shaft, then mark the base of the first gear shaft. Pull it out and put the portion of the shaft that was stuck in the gearbox into a drill. Spin the shaft on 120ish sandpaper, stopping every few seconds to test fit a bearing. The bearing must slide smoothly all the way to the mark you made. See video.

When using 775 motors you must use the 775 To 7R Mounting Kit linked on this page.

All motors must use our hardened steel pinion gears, not just metal ones.

If you are replacing a stripped nylon first gear you will need to replace the grease too as it is contaminated with plastic fragments.

Will NOT work with stock Power Wheels motors... it will tear up their pinion gears. Pinion gears must be made of hardened steel.

One purchase is one gear and 2 ball bearings.


*See our Warranty page for details.

Written Power Wheel & Phoenix Motor / Gear Instructions

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How to Install 7R Steel First Gears

How to Grease a Ride-On Gearbox

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Dwight Ellis
Must have. This should be in every gearbox that has a 775 motor

This should be in every gearbox that has a 775 motor. Without this it will not hold up

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Craig A Bender
Works great increases the speed by about 8 miles

Works great increases the speed by about 8 miles an hour!

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Buck Buckner
Good product thought i was getting 2 gears but i

Good product thought i was getting 2 gears but i just didnt read it good enough

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Sam Mahnken

Great easy to install setup!

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Anonymous
Install was easier than I figured

I was thinking this was going to be a bit more work than it was. Took me maybe 5 minutes to do both with some emory cloth and a drill.

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Brandon Marsh
Excellent

These gears are awesome

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Patrick Pilvines
Great product more clear info would be nice

Has been great bringing back my sons truck after the gear broke ; however, the product information could be better.

The site information is not often clear if it is for one or a pair and where the grease was sold in quantites of two gear boxes I assumed it would be two. Luckily only needed one but would be grwleat if website said explicitly if it was one or two (and this goes for other items on the site)

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james bentley

Power Wheels Steel First Gear w/ 2 Steel Ball Bearings

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Mike Hammer
Helping out a novice

My grandson had A lightning McQueen car he wanted it to go faster I contacted ML toys and they could not have been more helpful. It runs great with the 18 volt upgrade

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Lowell Roethler

Thanks

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Anonymous
Excellent service

Purchased these gears after my granddaughter stripped the original set of stock nylon first gears. Order turn around was very fast and delivery was, as well. Very pleased with the new gears! Fit as advertised.

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Thomas Becker
matching 1st gear and pinion gear

It would be MUCH easier when ordering if EACH stage offered would state the first gear and MATCHING pinion gear used. I ordered the 72 tooth for my V stage and had a long email time spent to get the correct answer to which pinion gear to order to match the 72 tooth 1st gear. PLEASE offer the pinion gear and first gear for a 72 tooth 1st gear as you do for the 66/22 gears. It would have save a ton of time for both me and the email line/person. Thank you.

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Kamil Salagan
They're ok

Unfortunately they have the monopoly on these gears and the quality shows, straight off the mill into a bag. They gears arrived greasy with the milling oil still on it along with the filings. Way overpriced but no other options on the market.

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Curtis Frisch

Power Wheels Steel First Gear w/ 2 Steel Ball Bearings

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Mark Barzal
steel gear

Seems to be ok. Have not installed yet due to other parts not fitting.

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Ricky Enlow
Excellent steel gear

It stopped the stripping of the first gear under heavy load at 24 volts.

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Brad Schmidt
Time Saver

Unless you have a lot of extra time on your hands and like doing things twice, might as well just put these in right away if you're going 24V.

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Lori

Power Wheels Steel First Gear w/ 2 Steel Ball Bearings

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Bobby Foley
Steel first gear

Worked as expected! Very well.

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Juan Rios
Satisfied

I believe satisfied but have not tested yet.

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Arthur Dogramacian
Time will tell how things hold up

I ordered steel first gear because the free powerwheels I got had broken the pin holding the first gear in place. Although the nylon gear looked ok, I assumed the shards of nylon probably did some damage. I fabricated a new pin out of a 1/4 drill bit, doused it with the racing lube. I will say the steel gear is A LOT louder than the stock nylon. Hope I didn't install incorrectly!

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Willie Key
Works great

Highly recommended

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Matthew B
Sons blew out a bearing

The gear and bearings are a world of difference we have about 7 acres the kids ride around on it's mainly flat grass but the boys like tearing up right by the woods. Only issue is tree roots, dips and what not I think the fast speed along with the rough terrain was to much for the one bearing to handle I'm still happy with my purchase and will be ordering again now that my daughter wants the same upgrade to her powerwheels

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Lawrence Hovseth
Great upgrade! Definately Recommend!

Easy to install after watching a quick video. Great quality. Good materials, good machining. A must have for serious powerwheel upgrades!!!

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Sean Bailey
Great Products & Support

I have ordered a few items from ML Toys now, we have two F150 Power Wheels that the kids love and the new parts have been keeping them in the trucks daily. My 8yr still drives his daily because of the ability to go faster and off road with no issues. The team has always been responsive to all my questions. A great vendor for this niche market.

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Travis Giesbrecht
Tough

Nice metal gear and bearings. Watch the video to install, very easy

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Ramrod
Quality parts

Very impressed with machining quality of these first gears. The bearings are nice added touch for longevity.... Make sure to replace your pinion gears on motors with hardened steel pinions or they will be destroyed by these first gears.

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Justin H
Semi simple installation

The factory gears became round, just as the motor description had warned us about. The factory ones lasted about a year. These gears look awesome. The replacement took a little time but was simple to accomplish. Recommend: rubber gloves, disposable towels, some patience. Removing the black from the shaft is imperative to making a smooth fit of the bearings on the shaft. The drill and sandpaper trick worked for me. Happy Wheelin.

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Cam P.
Look good, have not installed these yet

These gears look good, and I look forward to installing them. I didnt bother due to time constraints that day, but the factory first gear still looked new. When this fails, I will install these gears with the bearings and new grease.

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Anonymous
One happy kid

My five year old loves going fast, thank you guys for great products.

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Tim Emery

Not sure what is the problem but the part I ordered didn't fit at all.

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David Kougl
A pleasent experience

Had many questions why my pinion gear wasn't setting properly in the steel first gear I had purchased where it was fitting fine with the existing nylon first gear. Many emails back and forth without any drama and finally figured out that I needed a larger pinion gear.
Bottom line, very helpful and extremely patient with all my questions.
Yes, I would return again.

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