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Re: Versa Planetary v2 (3:1) Planet Gear Seizing

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Originally Posted by Ari423 View Post
I haven't used 3:1 this year, but I have a few questions/suggestions. Did you properly grease the gearboxes? Did you support the shaft well (i.e. no radial load on the shaft)? Was there any axial load away from the VP? I have heard that all three of these can cause failures.
Pre-grease only. Tried to spin from power supply to break in the motors, pulled way too much power for a single stage. Tried to spin by hand, knew something wasn't right. Found one planet siezed. Swapped in another 3:1 and it's much smoother, but we haven't put any load on it yet. Recently purchased after kickoff.

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