Gearboxes? Help!

[bardd]

Originally Posted by R.C.

I fail to understand how that makes the cimple-box more efficient than a normal aluminum gearbox (al plates). If anything it should be less efficient than a correctly made/assembled gearbox regardless of plates.

Gears should never scrape against the plates. On a cimple box, the gear has a double protrusion, so it should never scrape against the gearbox.

-RC

You're right, and I apollogize. I wrote this thinking about one specific gearbox we didn't assemble correctly. I messed around with it alot lately and as a result I thought about it when posting.

I promise not to post at 4am again.