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Originally Posted by ll4m4ra0r
Is it possible that the reason it was not turning is that the transmissions were dry on the inside? The drive worked fine at playdate, on carpet, and since then, the drive has not turned well. We opened the used transmissions up on thursday of competition and they were dry on the inside (not well greased), when they were librally greased on the inside when they were new. It could have been binding, and that could be our problem. Who knows what Fed-Ex does to those crates to dry that lube up....  |
This could definitely be your issue. Transmission binding due to too little grease will sap the efficiency of the transmission. This will lower your available output torque, potentially enough to make turning difficult.