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Unread 07-01-2006, 21:06
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Re: Drive System Dissapointment

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Originally Posted by r_towle
This is our third year.

The first year we had to use the Bosch motors during our rookie year...all our failures were due to those lousy transmissions...

We had problems almost every heat that year...

So last year was such a relief that a decent tranny was included, simple and unbreakable...

So why was the second CIM motor replaced?

From what I can see, the original transmission design from 2005 will no longer work.

Rich
You can run the gearbox with 1 of the old CIM motors.
Or, per rule R43, you can purchase 2 more of the small CIMs from last year and use 4 of them this year.