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Re: Do not use Jaguars with window motors

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Originally Posted by rzoeller View Post
This causes the worm gears to crack the casing or teeth, as they are being forced to backdrive, which they cannot do.
Actually, these motors DO backdrive, that's why the locking pins are in there.

The tendency to backdrive for a worm gear system depends on the angle of the worm gear threads.
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