LEGO part 6542a: Technic Gear 16 Tooth with Clutch [Toothed]

LEGO part 6542a, Technic Gear 16 Tooth with Clutch [Toothed], belongs to the Technic Gears category. It exists in 2 colours and appears in 26 sets of our database, from 1996 to 2011, for a total of 81 listed pieces. Its most common colour is Dark Bluish Gray.

Number 6542a is the LEGO mould number, the one embossed under the part or inside the studs. It is the reference used by Rebrickable, BrickLink and the Pick a Brick service to name the shape regardless of colour: each shape and colour combination then gets its own element number.

Part 6542a through the years

The oldest set in our database that contains part 6542a is 8480 Space Shuttle, released in 1996 in the Technic theme. No set in our database uses it after 2011, the year of 8081 Extreme Cruiser. To get it today, look for older sets or buy it second-hand.

Its peak year is 2008, with 4 sets containing it. The set with the most copies is 8258 Crane Truck: 10 copies, against an average of 3.1 per set.

The part is closely tied to the Technic theme: 88% of the sets that contain it belong to it. With 26 sets, it ranks no. 2,347 of 2,731 parts in our database and no. 41 of 46 in the Technic Gears category.

Sets containing part 6542a, by period