Thread: Modifying Vexpro Ball Shifter transmissions
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Re: Modifying Vexpro Ball Shifter transmissions
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Originally Posted by Sarakiro View Post
As most of you using the transmissions probably know, when you loose air, the transmissions shift to neutral; Thus my question: Has anyone come up with a reliable way of inserting springs into the transmission to default either a high or low gear when air is lost? beyond that, has anyone come up with a way to modify the transmission without compromising the structural integrity of the transmission case? Any suggestions?
How did you lose air? (I'm assuming you made a type when you said "loose".) If it was through a problem with your pneumatics system, it may be more important to secure the whole system rather than trying to rig the shifters to default to one position. (Personally, I see the default neutral as a feature, not a bug, and I wonder if 1678 might be able to take advantage of it in the future...)

Our team ran with the ballshifters last year, and though we occasionally had pneumatics leaks elsewhere in the system, the gearboxes themselves didn't present any issues in that regard. If it really concerns you, I'm sure you can rig some springs to the cylinder-pin coupler.