Jittery Motor

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by DarkRune

What's the code you are running on it? Something I've noticed with code is that it often oscillates between forward and backwards.

What kind of code are you using that's doing that?

The code really shouldn't cause a motor to oscillate between forward and backwards too often, unless it is a PID loop trying to get to the exact position... (Or if your driver is rocking the robot back and forth.)

[topgun]

Check the dowel pins used to hold the planet gears. Each of our 7:1s had a dowel pin that stuck just slightly out of the backside.