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Re: Major mechanical problems....

We had a similar problem with our drill drive motors last year. The root cause turned out to be current draw. We discovered this when we borrowed a portable ammeter from our electrical lab at work. The solution was to simply lower our gear ratio. The down side was that we could no longer use the drills in high gear for a high speed.