[dtengineering]

The new carrier plates seem to make all the troubles go away, but here is a tip that might help a team that is stuck with the old carrier plates...

When they deform, or "bowtie" around the shaft, they also increase in thickness. This compresses the whole gear assembly. Putting a shim, as thin as a piece of masking tape sometimes, (note: I mean self-adhesive cellulose-based shim stock... tape is not allowed) between the motor mount plate and the transmission will space the gears out enough to get them running.

Again... this is an emergency fix... putting in the new carrier plates, as detailed in FIRST team updates and on Chief Delphi is the correct, permanent fix. We've been running hardened carrier plates for two regionals now and the trannies work beautifully!

Jason