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Re: Bevel Gears on Drivetrain
Posted by Matt Leese at 1/14/2001 11:54 PM EST


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In Reply to: Bevel Gears on Drivetrain
Posted by Michael Quayle on 1/14/2001 10:57 PM EST:



The team I was on last year (7) used bevel gears in the drive train. They ended up giving us no end of trouble. Basically, we had problems with the gears backing away from each other and then starting to destroy each other. We also made the mistake of not gearing down the drive motor at all. I think we also ended up putting a side-load on the motor because of the bevel gear which caused the drill motor itself (not the gearbox, the actual motor) to die on us several times. BTW, we were using the same bevel gears that the Dewalt right-angle drill uses (one of our sponsors was Black & Decker.....) and that didn't help us any. Can you successfully use bevel gears? Yes. Would I recommend it? No, it's more trouble then it's worth.

Matt


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