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Re: pic: 3CIM Ball Shifter

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Originally Posted by cad321 View Post
Quick bit of advice, it is probably good form (on both the ball shifter and dog gear setups), to put your third reduction after the shifting shaft.

This method can be seen on the Ball Shifter with optional 3rd stage, and the AndyMark Sonic/Super Shifters.

This lowers the overall torque being transferred by the shifting components, which results in less chance of failure and lower required shifting forces.
See this thread for once instance of failure: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=20+carnage

Doing this would also allow you to make your gearbox overall shorter as you can offset the last output shaft in whichever direction you like.
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