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Unread 12-08-2012, 09:48
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Re: Gearboxes? Help!

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Originally Posted by R.C. View Post
I fail to understand how that makes the cimple-box more efficient than a normal aluminum gearbox (al plates). If anything it should be less efficient than a correctly made/assembled gearbox regardless of plates.

Gears should never scrape against the plates. On a cimple box, the gear has a double protrusion, so it should never scrape against the gearbox.

-RC
You're right, and I apollogize. I wrote this thinking about one specific gearbox we didn't assemble correctly. I messed around with it alot lately and as a result I thought about it when posting.

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