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Unread 25-01-2016, 00:32
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WCP SS gearbox on AndyMark KOP chassis am14u3?

So we want to use 8" pneumatic tires for our drivetrain, and we currently have the KOP chassis and its provided Toughbox Mini gearbox. AndyMark has a conversion kit, but it is out-of-stock until Wednesday as key parts are not available: tires, tubes, timing belts, and extended hex output shaft for the Toughbox Mini gearbox.

I can source the pneumatic tires and tubes locally, and the timing belts are available elsewhere--but not the output shaft. Given time pressure, I am looking at the WCP single speed, double reduction gearbox at http://www.wcproducts.net/single-spe...uction-gearbox. It looks like the output shaft *might* be long enough. I'm thinking about replacing the Toughbox Mini gearboxes with the WCP gearboxes. Has anyone mated this WCP gearbox to an AndyMark chassis? Any other suggestions for a KOP-compatible gearbox with single-speed double-reduction in the neighborhood of 9:1 - 10:1 and a long hex output shaft?