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Originally Posted by DeepWater
For some reason I think having two separate gearboxes (in this case Dewalts) connected by chains such that both gearboxes are driving all three wheels may be a bad idea all together. What happens if one of the gearboxes goes bang? Unless the gearbox fails in such a way as to allow "free wheeling" the second gearbox would then be trying to drive a more than likely jammed gearbox and would itself be more than likely to go bang.
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But how is that different than if the two gearbox's are geared together in the first place? I would recommend gearing them together at first if possible, but if you are using cim's why not just go with the KOP gear box? If you are using these gearbox's for shifting you may want to talk to teams that have done this before. There is a lot of power coming from the CIM motors, and I am not totally confident that those gearbox's can handle that stress. I think 188 had a tough time with those dewalt gearbox's last year on the drive (I may be wrong).