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Originally Posted by rc_cola1323
Andy, you nailed that on the money. Our Capitan had to take several gearboxes and make one that worked. Since most teams just chucked the gearboxes after they failed. BUT some teams did last all season without a failure (Some as in a very small amount). 
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We lasted through 3 competitions and an offseason event with no problems, but then bound and broke in the second round of a scrimmage a few months after. We had the original bearing plate from banebots supporting the end, though we spent hours lining the thing up and it also had chain runs going from either side (so perhaps the side loads offset each other?).
So I took the gearbox home and rebuilt it, after about a $10 investment from banebots. Now it's covered in grease, Vaseline, and wax and powers two 8" propellers in an underwater ROV that goes mostly in a straight line. Ya know, for my own experimentation