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Originally Posted by MrForbes

After the Bit Buckets' robot lost an output shaft in their last qualifying match, we made a quick crutch to try to prevent it happening in eliminations. This is the Rube Goldberg fix....good for entertainment value, maybe not the best solution to the problem, but they were still driving fine when they lost.

Except, after our first elimination match, we learned that the screws holding the shifting piston to the ball shifter came loose. Because the shifters had to be disassembled to tighten the screws, it would have taken more than an hour to fix. We used a clamp to hold the piston in place for the last match. However, we had to stay in low gear.