Thread: Small Banebots Motor Issue - Lessened torque and smoke
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Re: Small Banebots Motor Issue - Lessened torque and smoke
how is the tranmission shaft supported? I assume you have a chain drive, is there a well mounted bearing block on the other side of the sprocket? thinking maybe the transmission could be binding due the output shaft deflecting.

We ran our 125:1 36mm gearmotor a little bit with a counterbalanced (gas spring) arm/claw/ringer on it, and had no problems, motor got slightly warmer than room temp after running it for a few minutes up and down. roughly 5 lbs total arm weight, 8:1 chain reduction, no bearing block.