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Re: pic: 6WD Sheetmetal Chassis

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
And finally, any plan to remove the transmission in vehicle if you ever have to? It looks like it would be very, very difficult to work on anything inside the transmissions as it is now. Even though it would possibly weigh slightly more, you could pocket out the space of the transmission side plate that is integrated into the frame, and put another plate over it. The transmission would then be a single assembly bolted into a hole on the frame.
Seconded. We had a sticking transmission at Worlds, so we took the whole thing out and put in our spare in a few minutes. Definitely an important consideration.
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