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Re: 2012 KOP Fisher price with AM Planetary Gearbox

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Originally Posted by Bob Ward View Post
Has anyone else run into this problem?
We saw something similar -- one of the planet gears got stuck, wouldn't spin. We popped it off with a tool, cleaned it up, re-lubed and re-assembled, and have been running it with no further problems.

Your advice about checking the lubrication is very good.

Oh, and like your team, we were using the AM planetary on a practice shooter wheel.
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