Originally Posted by fpart

I have to run my pinions backwards to get mesh on my spur gear due to my motors key on the rotor moving the pinion too far out to get full gear width mesh . When I do this, the center shank(where the grub screw is on the pinion gear rubs on my front belt under some load circumstances.

Does anyone have the same problem and what do they do to resolve it. Also, is there any manufacturer that makes super narrow pinion gears to eliminate this issue since the X-ray narrow pinion gears don't help.