AndyMark CIMple Box Stripped Out

[Adrian Clark]

Originally Posted by bobby5150

For anyone still interested, the cause of the drivetrain malfunction was two completely stripped 12 tooth CIM motor gears. According to our lead pit mentor, we oiled it routinely throughout competition, but we must have let it slip this summer. Proper lubrication is certainly important to avoid things like this happening, we're just lucky it happened at the end of a demo, not at an offseason competition.

I think many of us would like an explanation as to how exactly a stripped gear made your gearbox lock up.