[TheKeeg]

Originally Posted by Ekcrbe

Yes, this is from a 100:1 connected to a 775 in our design; it powers the winch for our catapult.

Keegan will have to verify this, but I believe this particular gearbox has not been under any shock load in its lifetime. In an earlier version of the design the gearbox did take the brunt of the force stopping our catapult, but that changed when we shattered a carrier plate in that gearbox (this came out of the replacement) and bent the frame supporting the entire winch, so this one should not have experienced that.

Yes, this gearbox has not been under any substantial load (relative to the last one). I clearly remember seeing these pins in the same position the first time I took the gearbox apart which was a couple weeks ago just to check everything before use. Paul knows more than I do, but this tranny was not under load before this happened...unless hooking it up to a shunt to test it is considered load.