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Re: AndyMark shifter Dog Gear screw problem - lower your pressures

Hmm. We played 13 fairly rough matches in DC without issue from the gearboxes, though the driver admitted to not actually shifting as much as he could have. We mostly stayed in high gear. Perhaps I'll pull the gearboxes off during our fixit window to replace that bolt. I'm not sure I'd like to have to replace this bolt at all during competition, so perhaps I'll research some high-strength M2.5 bolts.

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Keep in mind that the shifter shaft position should still be set up so that the small brass "pin saver" tube is in place so that the dog gear does not bottom out on either the full low or full high end of the cylinder stroke.
What does this mean? I vaguely remember seeing some brass something-or-other on the dog gear shaft, but we've never fully disassembled that shaft so it's probably still there.

Edit -- also, how long should the M2.5 bolt be?
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