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Unread 31-01-2002, 14:50
Neill Means Neill Means is offline
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Set Screws in DM Gearbox

According to Dr. Joe's Drill advice, we have tapped out the ball bearing holes and inserted long M6 set screws to "lock" our torque limiter.

Even with the set screws in, under high torque our torque limiter will slip about 30 degrees as the set screws move from one set of "humps" to the other set of "humps".

Question: Is it wise to "notch" the ring to give the set screws a positive engagement into the torque limiter ring? Will this weaken the gear? We think this may help our 30 degrees of slippage when going from forward to reverse.

Neill Means
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