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Re: WCP vs Vex Ball Shifter

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Originally Posted by Scott Kozutsky View Post
The gearboxes were still good enough for demo purposes so we never took them apart afaik.

Dog style engagement has a much larger contact area with much more positive geometry. I have yet to encounter someone having serious durability issues with them since the supershifter dogs were beefed up. The ball shifter is an excellent product but I wouldn't buy one expecting to reuse it the way I would with a dog shifting gearbox (especially the steel supershifter). YMMV.
How did you know there were wear problems? We had issues with the shifter to piston linkage, but never with the shaft itself.
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