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Originally Posted by lemiant
This didn't happen to any of the other motors did it?
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there where various window motors which are easily identifiable due to case differences and output spline patterns. You still have to be careful of right hand and left hand motors since you are typically only allowed a certain number of each side.
some banebots motors and mabuchi motors also look similar, although the latter were not used this year. The banebots motors can be identified by the banebots labels and mabuchi motors should have a stylized "M" either molded into the end or stamped into the can. Even with this it can be difficult. The Banebots RS-550 looks very similar to the banebots RS-555, the mabuchi RS-550, the mabuchi RS-555SH, the Mabuchi RS-555VC...
For Breakaway, we had the RS-555SH and the RS-555VC. They were both the same size and made by the same company. The differences, however, were not negligible as the VC was significantly more powerful and we were only allowed one of each. The only easy way to tell the difference was to look at the vent holes; the SH only had a few while the VC had about twice as many.
To make things even more confusing, people have developed a habit of calling the mabuchi motors "banebots" motors due to their similarities.