Thread: Turning down the OD of a gear
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Re: Turning down the OD of a gear
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Originally Posted by T^2 View Post
I think this practice is also becoming slightly less common because of the prevalence of VEXPro gears. Their hex is oversize, while the shafts are undersize; this leads to slop. Adding .003 to c-c can lead to very noticeable backlash.
We did notice that too, but since we machine our own hex, we make it oversize to mate their bores nicely and haven't had those issues.