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Re: Where to get addtn' FP motors

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Originally Posted by Japper View Post
Sorry for the off topic question but regarding these Fisher Price motors....but does anyone have any idea how to connect these motors to anything in a robust way that would make them useful?

They have a weird shaped output shaft and I have not been able to find any mating gears or other means to make these useful... any ideas?

Please someone enlighten me on how to use these motors...

thanks
Motor or gearbox? If it's the gearbox, many a team uses octagons in the white part. Hose clamp around the outside, keyway or hex for an axle. I can't think of a single failure that wasn't an I.O. error.
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