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Originally Posted by Joseph Smith
So, reading through these replies, it looks like most teams either stick with aluminum or have the plate closest to the motors polycarbonate (or delrin) and the other plate aluminum. The general consensus seems to be that you can easily remove weight by changing your gears (switching to aluminum or milling out the steel ones.) This is probably what we will try next year. Has anyone had problems with the aluminum gears, or milled out steel? I would like to avoid any stupid rookie mistakes  |
We have been pocketing steel gears since 2004. Never had a failure.
968/254 used custom aluminum gears in 2007 (some pocketed, some plain) with no problems.
Same thing with WCP aluminum gears this year.