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Re: pic: 1156 Off season Fisher-Price gearbox

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
Why is the gear distance adjustable? That will seriously lower efficiency and reliability in high-load applications if it's not done correctly.
The gear distance is adjustable so we can use different gear ratios with this gearbox. Yes, that's true, it would be less reliable in high-load applications, but we designed this gearbox for high speed applications, like shooting and collecting game pieces, so that is probably not going to be a problem.
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