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Re: BaneBot gearboxes out of stock...

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Originally Posted by fox46 View Post
Why don't you order the next higher reduction they have in stock and then remove a stage? Anyone with access to a lathe can do it in about 20 minutes! You dissassemble the gearbox, remove a reduction stage, measure the thickness of the unwanted stage and then remove said thickness from the ring gear. QED!

I can't stress how simple and easy this is!

I think that banebots should a) redesign their output shaft assembly and b) provide all teams two 328:1 gearboxes in the KOP. That way everyone gets some P60s and anybody can remove reduction stages to get the gear ratio they want.
Just make sure you remove the material from the ring-gear on the right end, the grooves still need to be there!
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