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Re: Problems with Gearbox
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Originally Posted by Brian C View Post
OK

Conclusions?

I would trim the bushing down and carefully assemble your units, keeping everything clean.

Break-in the transmissions and let them run for a while. This is good practice anyway and lets all the parts get "comfortable" with each other.
Excellent advice, thank you! We were having the exact same problem, did exactly as posted and had the exact same results. I have e-mailed the advice on to a few teams we work closely with, but everyone should know... BREAK IN THE BANEBOTS.

We started out at 11+ amps and got down to under 3. They run smoother, more quietly, etc... and yes... they did get quite warm, but they seem to have been able to handle it.

If you don't break in your banebots before you mount them in the robot, expect to have serious tracking problems (unless you're running closed-loop feedback... the Banebots encoders seem to work great, by the way) and generally reduced performance.

Thanks again for sharing the info.

Jason