[jman4747]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

Any reason you chose to put the higher reduction on the outside (further from the CIM)?
Your low gear would be operating at higher torques and there would be more deflecting force attempting to separate the gears.

This is probably not even a real issue but with a cantilevered shaft it is usually better to keep the net force closer to the bushing.

Your right, my only real reason was: 1 if I wanted to replace a motor I could in this configuration pull it straight out (assuming I enlarged the hole the cim shaft goes through). If the smaller cim gear was closer to the motor the 60t gear and 24t gear would block each other. Granted that is dependent on exactly how the cim gears are attached to the shaft and how easily they come off. 2 I figured it would be okay with this short of a shaft. It seems almost arbitrary and if/when we use it we'll probably try both? Maybe one is significantly better.