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Re: VEXPro 2014: After The Season

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Ballshifter Shaft
I wish the balls wouldn't cut into the gear or shifting plunger so much. Maybe a less hard set of shifting balls could be used, or a steel plunger.
Neutrino remade the shaft in mild steel as well as in stainless (I think 300 series). Both still had significant wear from the balls.

We are thinking of making a hardened tool steel shaft for off seasons, but that may just transfer the wear to the gears instead of the shaft.
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