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Unread 06-03-2012, 21:56
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Re: Pushing down the bridge

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Originally Posted by Greg Shaw View Post
We were fortunate enough to travel to another teams location to practice on a competition replica bridge before the kettering event. Our original bridge arm was not strong enough. We eventually lowered the bridge by combining an andy mark PG67 gear and motor combo with a andymark tough box gearbox. the actual bridges are much harder to lower than the plywood version.
How did you do this? Did you just bore a CIM pinion out with a 10mm drill bit and press it onto the shaft?
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