Originally Posted by aarcobra

Although I have not seen the broken parts, I believe they were all Motonica parts and I also believe that routine maintenance is not regularly practiced by those involved

I must say that I do agree that the 32 pitch gears are likely to be marginal at best. It keeps being brought up but I do not think those who are proposing it are aware of the other issues involved such as a smaller ball dif, no adapters for a disk brake set-up, and the fact that 32 pitch gears, Kimbrough for example, are set up for 1/4" dia axles, all making it unlikely to be reliable.

Just my .02 worth...