DeWalt Transmission questions

[Stephen.Yanczura]

Originally Posted by StevenB

The chuck/gearbox shaft isn't threaded, correct? I attempted the long lever trick this morning, and broke a Craftsman ratchet. I'll have to try again with a regular wrench or a stronger ratchet.
What size wheels are you using? Do you have any other gearing? What speed does this make the robot go?
We have thought about this, as it would elimate a lot of weight, as well as some of the problems with chain and sprockets.

While your at Sears exchanging that busted ratchet for a free new one (<3 craftsman) pick up a breaker bar. When your putting a huge lever arm on a ratchet, you're really concentrating all that force on the little pin or ball inside that makes the **click-click-click** when you rotate the tool. To a point this is okay, but if you over do it you kill the ratchet. Breaker bars have no such parts and will not break quite so easily.

I have a 36" Craftsman 1/2" BB, and a can of PB Blaster that *always* works

Good luck