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Re: Custom Gearbox is very loud

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Originally Posted by Tottanka View Post
Thanks everyone.
I'm leaning towards trying the wear down methods just to learn more about it and see how it goes. If that won't go we'll probably remake the whole thing with the suggested distance adjustments.
If I had a gearbox constructed like the one that you have, I would do the same thing. Good experiment to run! If you can, post a picture of your setup and findings if you do it.

I'll echo what everyone else said: we add 0.003" to our center-to-center spacing between gears. Using hex shafts and gears with hex bores, it's really hard to keep everything within a tight tolerance. The extra spacing keeps gears from binding.
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