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Re: pic: Plywood 8WD Concept

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Originally Posted by Infinity2718 View Post
Theoretically you can triple load a pinion gear as the drivetrain rocks on one set of wheels or the other as a worse case scenario. If both sides of the gearbox are loaded evenly, its more of a double loaded worse case scenario.
The worst case load scenario would be during a high speed direction change in high gear. The pinion could see upwards of 6x stall torque.

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