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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92
How did you get the holes in your inside rail for mounting? Use the bearing in the outside rail for alignment, then match drill? Some other method?
This information would be instructive for those looking to your image for inspiration on how to integrate WCP SS gearboxes into their design.
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Yep, exactly. Put a bearing through the drive side plate which will partially stick into the outer gearbox plate. Depending on how you align them, there's a chance for one of the 1/4-20 AndyMark gearbox mount holes to overlap the WCP gearbox mounting holes. We rotated ours until there was a good amount of material for all 4 holes, clamped the plate and then drilled using a 3/16" drill bit.
I would do this prior to assembling the gearboxes. You'll also want to really think about which side is which before drilling them to ensure that your gearboxes end up as mirrors of one another and that you're actually mounting on the correct side of the plate (belly pan flange should point inside).
To avoid confusion we wrote which side of the left / right and marked the front of the of the drive with an arrow pointing forward. The process of drilling the holes took all of 3 minutes but ensuring that we were doing it correctly before drilling the holes probably took 10 minutes of triple checking.