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[henryBsick]

Right now, we do have a 2 neutral positions, between the 3 gears. It is impossible not to have them, otherwise two different gears would be locked in motion when you went to shift. What i am saying is there needs to be a point where lets say 1st gear is released, and 2nd gear is engaged. Bad noises and magic smoke otherwise. We do not have space between the gears, but the actual part of the rod that pushes the balls up into the gears is narrow enough to fit between the 2 sets of balls for different gears. The springyness comes from the springs that hold the "pusher"(another technical term) in one spot but allow it to move if gears are not ready to engage.

I think that is all, Brad, I know you want to say something so step up these are all your inventors (good job btw).

On a side note, once we shift to a different gear the previous gear will stay engaged untill the motors jog. The springs just compress on the rod so it doesn't go in and once the motors jog or the wheels stop or some change occurs, they go in. What i am saying is, I can run in 3rd gear up to something robot, goal, turn, etc. and already have it shifted into 2nd the same with 2nd to 1st. Once the bot hits its target it instantly shifts down which is a lot faster than me having to shift down. I can pre choose the next gear one up or one down from the current gear and have it go in when the target is reached. It is really nice. That way i can pre shift or shift at will with a small jog. I lub these trannies!!