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Re: CIM-SIM Noise

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
2> We've found that, while very good, the Andy Mark gearboxes require that you grease them, break them in for 1/2 hour, take them apart, clean them, and then rebuild and regrease them. if you don't you'll end up with menal filings within the gearbox and that will cause more torque loss and greater gearbox heating (and possibly more noise).
This is great advice. We've been doing this with all of our AM boxes since the Toughbox was introduced in 2008. Usually, we'll assemble them, run them for a bit on a bench switching between forward and reverse periodically, crack them open and check to make sure everything plays well together. Usually we can hear a difference after just a few minutes of run time.
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