What COTS parts would you like to see?

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Originally Posted by nuclearnerd

I love this thread. I thought of another since my last suggestion:
Gearboxes with hex-bore 3rd stages. Imagine how much easier replacing a gearbox would be if you could leave the drive train all connected and just slip the gearbox off the final drive shaft?

I designed (and 4464 constructed) a gearbox like this a couple years ago, and it was indeed fairly convenient. The only problem is that it is less-conducive to WCD-style drives, since you need to support the output shaft separately.