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MY PINION IS WEARING TO SHARP POINTS – IS THERE A HARDER METAL VERSION?

April 26, 2017harder metal pinion Points Sharp version wearing

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MY PINION IS WEARING TO SHARP POINTS – IS THERE A HARDER METAL VERSION?

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We tried steel and brass pinions but haven’t been happy with them. We found the pinions lasted but the main gears kept breaking up – the alloy ones tend to last quite well and less harsh on the plastic gears but just need regular greasing – as they are at the end of the gearbox run and spinning faster than everything else all the grease is thrown off – if you pull the motor out after (say) every 10 batteries and put a big glob of grease on the pinion it’ll last a lot longer.