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Re: Fixing gearbox assembly inconsistancies

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Originally Posted by gpetilli View Post
The two middle gears have a hub spacer on one side and not on the other. Make sure the two flat sides are against each other and the two spacer sides are pushing on the inner races of the bearings.

Other than that, there should not be an issue with the retaining screws being a bit loose.
Yeah, I doubled checked that the middle gears were oriented this way, no problems there. As far as I could tell only one gearbox reacted differently to loose or tight retaining screws, the rest just won't spin by hand regardless of screw tightness.

Dissembly and reassembly would often allow me to turn one by hand, but I haven't found a method that works every time.