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Originally Posted by Warren Boudreau
I don't know the part number, but the 256:1 gearboxes inhaled audibly.
The last stage was constantly shearing teeth off of the planetary gears.
They should never have used brass gears for the final stage of reduction.
Too much torque.
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Warren, to be sure--are you referring to the CIM gearboxes? Those had
a warning on the item page, which makes me think that shearing off planet teeth was actually a feature (in that you could install new
planets rather than having everything seize completely as they did in 2007). I'm not sure whether that was the case for the smaller gearboxes, as BaneBots has apparently pulled them from the site.