Thread: Our Banebots Experience
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Re: Our Banebots Experience
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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
While we haven't experienced any severe distortion of the carrier plate double D hole, we did have one 56mm gearbox bind up so bad it couldn't be turned by hand with a 5" wheel on it. And this was in a 50 lb robot single CIM configuration on a slippery surface. And the instant releasal of magic smoke by the small banebots motor wasn't so great either. I like their products and prices, but due to reliability and durability concerns, BaneBots products will not appear on 696's 2007 competition robot.
Yeah.... Take that gearbox apart, and it will be one of two things...

The carrier plate or
The motor shaft.

The one awesome fix we found for binding up gear boxes is to put a washer between the CIM and the mounting plate for the gearbox. Some of our CIM shafts were too long or the gearbox hole was too short, and putting in just regular flat washers fixed 'em. If you need me to explain more, I will be happy to do so.

Jacob