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Re: Banebot 56mm gearbox - double D - RELOADED

Our team is also using these 56mm gearboxes. Now I have been reading through the forums and I am scared now! I am afraid these gearboxes will fail. We have signs of the gearbox binding or jamming. What is the best and simplest way to prevent this?

I am afraid that it may break like the images people have posted. What can I do to prevent this? From what I soaked up from previous posts is add lubricant, support the CIM, and break them in.

Also I found gear dust, very small amounts of metal inside the gearbox. What should I do?

Now I heard harding this plate may prevent the problem of the double D breaking. The problem is we don't know how to harden the plates, and I doubt we have the time. Also if these gearboxes fail, we don't have the money to replace them. So what should we do?
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