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Originally posted by Matt Reiland
We used a version of Team 45's shifter with the CIM's and BOSCH on each side using a pneumatic shifter. We won in Great Lakes and we were Semi-Finalists at Buckeye. To date there have been no failures on the transmissions and almost no signs of wear on the gears either. We modified the design a bit to use off the shelf gears and will definately use it again. Our failures this year were all tied to the brecoflex belts, we tore 8 this year in half including 4 of the solid center rib belts.
Next year we think we can make it much smaller, half as heavy and we are looking into other methods to shift other than the air cylinder.
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Thanks for the info. If you don't mind my asking,
a) Did you ever have a problem with drawing so much juice from the battery that you lost power temporarily?
b) Why do you want to use something other than the air cylinders for shifting?
c) Since weight is always an issue with us, how do you plan to make your gear box smaller?
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