[nic_radford]

Reason for answering your question the way I did, is I have taken motors out
of car doors and had to push the window through the door seal it was so tight. (no, it wasn't bound)

Anyway - Our FIRST team always abides by the rules and breaking them never once crossed our mind. As soon as the gear head modification post
was posted, a fellow engineer and I double checked the rule and found that yes it is illegal to mod the gear head and quickly disregarded it.