Dog Shifting Gearbox Feedback

[Joe G.]

Originally Posted by SerpentEagle

Ok, the reason I was wondering is because one of the gears is partially blocking some CIM mounting holes, so I thought one solution was to just pop out the gear and unblock access. Another thing to consider while designing next time.

It looks to me as though this problem can be fully solved by rotating the CIM slightly. Even if there's an alternate means of getting at this screw, it's better to address it the "correct" way at this stage.

A couple extra minutes of CAD work is a couple extra minutes you have to work. A couple extra minutes of between-match maintenance is a couple extra minutes you have to work, a couple extra headaches, and potentially a couple crucial matches where your robot is dead on the field.

[SerpentEagle]

Originally Posted by Joe G.

It looks to me as though this problem can be fully solved by rotating the CIM slightly. Even if there's an alternate means of getting at this screw, it's better to address it the "correct" way at this stage.

A couple extra minutes of CAD work is a couple extra minutes you have to work. A couple extra minutes of between-match maintenance is a couple extra minutes you have to work, a couple extra headaches, and potentially a couple crucial matches where your robot is dead on the field.

Good point, I actually did solve this problem by rotating both CIMs inwards by 10 degrees, though it did take another 3 mins redoing the pockets.