Here are some picture we took at the kick off in Manchester.
http://www.archergeeks1022.org/photo...off/index.html
You can see that First used pieces of the Aluminium tubing to make spacers for the gears. They also used the metal retaining rings to hold the shaft from sliding through the bearings. Let me know if that helps. Also, as you can see in the pictures the motor isn't turned with the leads up they have them off to the sides.