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Originally Posted by sodizzle
At Waterford we were using the WCP DS Gearbox. We ended up destroying a dog gear, an axle, a shaft collar, and the mounting block.
At Pittsburgh we decided to get rid of that problem and used WCP SS gearboxes. Part of the problem was with the 11t pinions we were using not quite meshing with the other gears. I wasn't there so I can't say exactly what else happened but I believe the CIMS broke through the mounting hole that has 2 positions for the different sized pinions and spread away from the gear.
All that aside, we're ready to come out to Livonia with fixes and improvements and hopefully perform better than ever. |
Holy carnage, Batman!
1076 also went with WCP DS Gearboxes, and also wrecked a gear (the 42T gear that teethed to the 11T pinions). Our problem was 1/4 CIM motors was mounted to the outside hole (the other 3 were mounted correctly in the inside holes), and the pinion slipped and shredded away the gear it interfaced with. Luckily we found out about this problem during driver practice the Wednesday BEFORE our first event and got it fixed Thursday at the event.
I'm curious, why are your gearboxes and versblocks not protected by your bellypan? Seems awfully risky to leave $800+ of parts exposed to the field elements. We put our bellypan on for the sole reason of protecting our gearboxes. Invested too much money in them; didn't want to risk breaking them. I could easily see something getting hit by the corner of the rampart or the rough terrain and fracturing.
In no way am I trying to tell you guys what to do (1023 is clearly still miles ahead of the pack), but it does seems unnecessarily precarious, especially considering the rough nature of this year's field.