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Re: Greasing "open" gearboxes

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Originally Posted by Boe View Post
Most of the grease is going to come out of the sides of the gearbox; in the last few years I can't remember any grease coming out of the front or back. You can put something around the gearbox to keep debris out and grease in, or you can run grease through the gearbox for a while until it isn't spraying grease anywhere and then install it into the robot.
We did this with the KOP gearboxes lady year-round greased them then let them run for a couple of minutes before installing them on the robot. We ended up taping over the ends anyways to keep debris out as well.
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