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Re: ever seen this gearbox

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Originally Posted by gpetilli View Post
The original 775 motors got a bad reputation for being unreliable when the real issue was this specific gearbox.
If I recall correctly, the original RS-775-18V had a case short problem after just a few minutes of run time. I can't dig through 15 pages of that thread right now, but somewhere in there someone did a pretty thorough post-mortem of the motor.

This was the eventual solution.

The new 775PRO is not a RS-775-18V. There is a big distinction. I can honestly say that our 775PRO's have run for roughly an hour already as we tuned shooter geometries, and they've been very stable with not even a modicum of excess heat.

With that said, the 775PRO is compatible with the CIM-U-Lator, but I would definitely file/mill/do-what-it-takes to make the air vents, as you mentioned.
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