AW-1, MD-2, MD-3 and MD-100 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 ----------------------------------------- GBP   70           |     GBP   85 EUR 100           |     EUR  120 USD 110           |     USD  130 AUD 140           |     AUD 180 MD-3    ------------ GBP   55   EUR   80  USD   80  AUD 110  AW-1   ------------ GBP   40   EUR   55  USD   55  AUD   80  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 = $20 MD-2, MD-100 wind gear = $25 MD-3 regearing instructions = $15 (11 pages with step-by-step instructions and 15 photos) MD-2, MD-100 regearing instructions  = $20 (19 pages with step-by-step instructions and 34 photos) Airmail is $5 for the gears and instructions. MD type          Motor gear    Coupling gear    Remaining gears to the F2 body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
		Split nylon gear on the MD-2 and MD-3 motor. Very common, and almost 100% for MD-3s.			I have lots of replacement gears now.
					MD-100 and MD-2, serial number higher than 44xxxx, have nylon motor gear and metal coupling gear.
		MD-1 and MD-2, with serial number lower than 44xxxx, have metal motor gear and nylon coupling gear.
		Regeared MD-2 with metal motor gear and metal coupling gear. This version is the strongest.