Toughbox Assembly

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How loud are these supposed to be while running?

While I don't expect everything to be "whisper quiet" one of our more experienced mechanical mentors noted how loud it was while under power with a single CIM, and commented that things may be pressing against each other making things louder than they "should be" from his experience.

Then again, I'm sure the sound resonance of making one gearbox side out of a lexan type material also turned the normal noise from it running it into a speaker box pretty much. (As opposed to it being made out of cast aluminum or some other cast type material that is better at sound and vibration dampening).

We're certainly not going to be taking a decibel meter to the gearbox, but just wondering how loud it should be???

Originally Posted by Justin M.

I never had this many problems with kit gearboxes, ever...

You apparently didn't get the "joy" () of using the Banebots last year then did you? The pins were too small and just fell out under normal conditions...
That sucked... repeatedly over the course of the season, for many many teams.