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[Manoel]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

The gears used in the transmission are from the first two stages in the KoP FP gearbox. I couldn't think of an elegant way to mount one of the KoP FP transmissions while outputting through the second cluster shaft with a cantilevered load, hence the design of this.

First, let me say your gearbox is really cool! If we had that kind of machining capabilities in-house we'd probably do the same. Since we don't, and value our sponsor's precious machine time, this is what we came up with (which is why I asked this) - not sure you'd consider it elegant, but it sure worked



The last stage of the gearbox was removed, the case was reduced to acomodate only two stages and dremeled to pass the chain through. That way, the shaft which supports the second stage gears (and now this sprocket as well) is fully supported, not cantilevered.