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Re: Banebot Transmission Issues

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
To help those of us who have not disassembled one of these gearboxes understand the situation, am I correct in assuming the output shaft has two flats on it, which fit into the Double D hole?
Yes, see photo below.

The shaft is essentially 2X as hard as the carrier. I think the easiest fix will be to get harder carriers made.

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