New Ryobi 3-speed drill transmissions!

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Teched3

Hi Art,

Found a Forum on Ryobi, and users are not happy with the the Ryobi. Uses bushings instead of ball bearings.

Thanks for the link. That's interesting that there isn't any ball bearing in it. Last night my father and I were taking apart an older 12v Ryobi cordless drill to take a look at the transmission inside, and we found out the hard way that there is ball bearings in the 12v (non-hammer) model. Then again, the drill we took apart was almost ten years old, which may have explained the better quality.

I love the Dewalts, and I know that they are of a way better quality than the Ryobis. I just found this drill, and thought I would post it here because there may be some applications (non drive-train) where you could use a cheaper transmission. I was just looking around for a cheap source of a second transmission identical to the one we now have when I found this. Once we get a second one, I'd like to try using them on a Vex robot drivetrain. When that Vex robot hits 8.8 feet/sec, you'll see some serious stuff!