DeAO Digger (Front Loader) Shovel

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This is for my son's DeAO RC 'Digger' (Excavator/Front loader?). It's a fun little toy but the original shovel is die-cast which feels rugged and nice but it puts a hell of a strain on the little nylon pinions for the lift mechanism. In fact, on my son's digger, the weight inevitably was too much for the pinion and it broke a tooth meaning that the scoop could no longer be lifted fully which sort of renders it fairly useless. I managed to fix the pinion using JB Weld, following a handy Instructable (https://www.instructables.com/id/Broken-Gear-Repair/) which is holding-up so far... So, this Thing is aimed to replace the heavy metal scoop and reduce the load on the weak mechanism so my son can continue to enjoy his favourite toy! It's a direct replacement but will need M4 bolts and nuts to replace the existing bolts.