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Re: Sheet Metal vs KitBot

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Originally Posted by lemiant View Post
Our team, 3467, used this chassis this year and it worked really well! The only downside is this pre-assembled chassis comes with wedgetop, not roughtop tread which wore down us easily this year. If you talk to AM they should be able to give you roughtop plactions over wedgetop.

Just keep in mind when making the decision to go with supershifters over CIMple boxes the weight vs. having a lower gear. Also, if you use the supershifters be careful and fully aware of what you are doing during assembly. Somehow ours had an extra washer in one that would compress the tranny, overheat the cims, and cause them to shut down for a few seconds. At the beginning of the season/regional our driver was losing one side of the drive for a split second in a few matches over the weekend and we didn't thing much of it. In St. Louis the problem grew astronomically to happening every few seconds and lasting a while. We diagnosed everything electrical and mechanical and even had an AM rep look over the supershifter guts. When nothing worked we carefully examined the guts and realized there was an extra washer. Problem solved.

Lesson learned: even the smallest parts can cause a world of pain. Check, check, check, check, check.
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