Vex Pro Shifters

[Steven Donow]

Aside from the issue with the hex output shaft coming loose(easily fixed with the adhesive in the KOP), we haven't had a single problem with them. They're just great and incredibly versatile. As one of our mentors said, "they're too good not to use"

[Chris is me]

One thing I'm wondering about in particular are how teams with "west coast" style drives prefer to set up and mount these transmissions. They're pretty tempting to look at for something like an off season project - hopefully we'll continue to hear good things through the season.

[apples000]

We didn't use them on the competition bot, but we've spent plenty of time with ours. Apart from the output shaft falling out, which is easily fixable, they've been great! They're super light, and cheaper than super shifters.

[DonRotolo]

We are very happy with the ball shifters. The only issue as compared to a SuperShifter is that we needed to use a smaller output and larger wheel sprocket. Oh, and a SS can have a 4:1 range, or it can be like the ball shifter with a ~1:2.7 range.

We also had the output shaft come loose, but repaired it with adhesive.

We especially like the weight and cost savings.

[Borobo]

They've worked extremely well for us. In regard to the question about WCD mounting, we made a custom gearbox plate to offset them from our tubes so that we could put the sprocket for our live axles directly on the output shaft. wasn't really a problem.