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Don't lap in the gears! If it doesn't run smoothly when you put it together, then something is wrong. Lapping it in will undercut the gears. Works fine if you're in a pinch (ie, it's week 5, and it's that or no robot) but I wouldn't do this to say the tranny of my car.

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