We need Brian to test the shit out of these drives, the long foretold steel on steel gear drives are finally here.
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@Boardnamics have you been testing these for a while? Curious if grease is enough to avoid wear
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I have tested a prototype version for quite some miles. The final version has a few differences.
The hardening process is different. The first gears had a heat treatment where the gears are supposed to be ground afterwards to remove the distortion. These gears use a process that doesnât cause distortion.
The case for the bearing has a lip to prevent it from ever backing out, so it does not rely on press-fit forces alone to stay in place.
I used white lithium grease and there was very little visible wear. Helps the gears are hardened significantly.
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Wouldnât oil be better for steel on steel? Or is the one ring not enough to keep it in?
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This maybe a stupid question, but are you able to inward mount these GDâs?
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Oil is just not a good idea. Every mating surface would need a gasket material. That means even where the motor attaches, where the mounting adapter goes, etc. Super hard to seal watertight yet make it actually feasible for a DIY setting.
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Based on the radial hole pattern yes but you need clearance
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Yes they are typically inward mounted. They can be reversed, but you need a hanger long enough or a motor short enough as to not hit the kingpin.
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Keep me posted I want a set 
I want a set 
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Hot damn! Count me in when available
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Wow Kevin, congrats, these look awesome. The black looks great, and that price is insane!
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Damn. It feels like Christmas already
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Congrats! I want to touch them.
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Letâs start testing
Already like 10 people asking just today.
Make a sign up sheet.
Thereâs a bunch of fresh matrix 2 builds coming with all these flux boards.
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tbf I donât know how you could fuck that part up. Itâs a clamp, where all the critical dimensions are already perfected.
I figured this amount of demand was perfect for doing a quick stateside run of them⌠Would be sweet if @Boardnamics worked on some kind of hybrid system with USA and China based manufacturing where needed.
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Personally I think all things should be tested, thereâs more to gear drives than a clamp.
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We are talking about the precision caliber clamp just with a different mount hole pattern,
not a gear drive.
Are you talking about the matrix gear drive he alluded to??
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Yes
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heâs getting himself a prototype for christmas, then we can have one maybe
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