Fisher Price Motor Replacement Gearbox

[Jonathan Norris]

My team last year used 2 of these gearbox's on our robot for our collection and conveyor system. We had good success with them, but had a few issues. When using these you have to remember why they are so inexpensive, they are not made from the highest quality of materials. Through the ware and tear of 2 regionals we actually had one of our two gearbox's blow up (i wish i took a pic of the insides) just before our quarterfinal match at the championship. Luckily we bought some spares and was able to fix it just in time. But if you plan on using these gearbox's in this upcoming season i would strongly recommend buying spares, we broke one output shaft early season buy making a design mistake of putting too much load on the shafts of the gearbox (bad idea), and had to replace both gearbox's during the season. Through 2 regionals and the championship my team, team 610, went through 5 of these gearbox's. So if you are using these gearbox's in a medium load situation i would recommend having spares on hand.

I am personally very interested in these new versions of the gearbox's and even with the troubles i can foresee us using the gearbox's again. They fit our needs very well and with the range of gearing options available it makes implementing these gearbox's very easy.