[Pratik Kunapuli]

Since everyone that has posted so far has posted about ball shifters, I'll give my experience with dog shifters. Team 341 has used dog shifters in their drivetrains for the past 3 years, and we have experienced no significant wear what so ever. We found that the dogs shift and mesh so easily, that we had a servo actuated PTO in 2013 (which we never ended up using), that engaged effortlessly. Although we did use custom transmissions for the past 2 years, our 2014 gearbox was just a WCP 3 Cim DS repackaged with new plates. We purchased the gearbox and used the exact same internals of the gearbox. As driver for the past 2 years, I can attest that these drivetrains were pushed very hard. We had very aggressive gearing in 2014 and shifted very often. However, despite this amount of usage, the shifting was just as smooth and effective as it was day 1. Hope this answers your question or provides another perspective.