A few gearbox questions

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Originally Posted by colt527

Ok, first here is our gearbox setup. We combine the CIM's and the drill motors together in a very simple design where we matched the RPM's using gears and chains. More specifically we are using the drill motors inside their normal transmission supplied by the KOP, in low speed, with the backdrive-pins taken out and on the 15 clutch setting. Here are the questions:

Why leave the clutch on the motor. This whitepaper http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pa...le&paperid=150
explains very nicley how to remove the clutch and housing, and lock the clutch plate from rotating. The drill motors and planetaries don't fit properly in the plastic kit mounts until you romove the clutch housing anyway. Plus this makes it lighter. With the clutch removed this is just a normal planetary gear set. So there is now reason your setup won't work.