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Originally Posted by bluezebra
In all honesty, a lot of this was to reassure my mentor that the 4140 case hardened steel gears would not turn to dust. But the rest was to see if anyone had done it, and what they found. Thanks for your help.
Also, we'll look at the chain idea, but I'm not sure it will work in the space we have. But thank you!
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They will not shear unless the counter-shock force exceeds the tensile strength of the gears (which the gearbox mount is more likely to fail first).
In standard operation they will be more than okay.