Originally Posted by
monkeyracing
The spider gears are welding themselves onto the carrier. Makes sense, in a way. Cheap pot metal gears, on a cheap pot metal carrier, spinning REALLY fast. Something's bound to give.
Before assembly I remove flashing/burrs and check tolerances, but again, cheap gears. It's not a huge problem really - more of a curiosity.
In that case yeah, agree, I wouldn't use silicone near the plastic either
I got us a medium tube of high speed bearing grease from a local car shop and I put
That in our gear boxes. It seems to be doing its job well so far
Hey just for s&its and giggles, try lubing the gear shafts big time and make sure they
Aren't too tight. Also make sure that the shafts aren't loose in their mounts, maybe the
Bouncing around is causing the binding (melding)?
Calvin what type of silicone are you using???