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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?
Yep, we tried the AM planetaries in our drivetrain, they aren't great for high speed, high load applications. One of the gears fused to the shaft. They worked great on our 2011 arm though, planetaries with gears as small as the AM ones just don't seem to work well for these applications in general.
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