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Originally Posted by Adam Freeman
Versaplanetary Gearboxs: We ran (5) VP planetary gearboxes. (2) @ 100:1 on the shooter angle adjustment w/RS775, (2) @ 5:1 on the shooter pull back carriage w/RS775, and (1) on the intake at 10:1 w/BAG motor. These are my favorite utility gearboxes offered on the market. Outside some hole alignment issues we already coomunicated to VEX Pro, the only issues we had were the pins on the 10:1 gearboxes walking out of their holes. We had to pull the gearboxes once/event and put in new 10:1 plates with the pins locktited and re-pressed into the holes. These were always the highest loaded stage in the gearbox (last stage before the motor?). I assume we are overloading the 10:1 plates at that stage through the amount of usage we put on that shooter arm.
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I forgot to mention in my post but we too experienced problems with our 10:1 stacks with the pins coming out on our 100:1, 10:1, and 40:1 gearboxes (pickup pivot, shooter winch, and pickup roller). Our original thought was they were from last years batch as we inventoried our supply and ordered what we needed as it was cheaper than buying all new complete gearboxes so we thought it was our fault either in testing, storage, or something else. We ordered all new 10:1 stacks between our first and second district events and haven't had an issue since.
It could be how we used them but it happened on our 40:1 pickup roller which I don't believe we ever stalled or abused in a match.