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Old January 15th, 2010, 09:09   #3
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Originally Posted by incrediboy729 View Post
I had a similar problem with my gears, ended up having like 3 bushings on one side of the sector gear, one on the spur, and 1 on the bevel. Make sure that the gears aren't getting pushed diagonally. Sometimes the gears don't fit perfectly in your gearbox, which results in the sidewalls of the gears hitting and turning the sector gear diagonally, thus causing it to lock. I'm sorry if this sounds confusing, but it's the best way i can explain it.
Do you have the gearbox screws tightened when you are doing this test?
Also check your cut off lever and make sure it's not getting in the way.
Hope this helps.
-Brett
Yes I screwed the gearbox before testing that the shimming job was ok. The cut off lever too.

I don't understants what do you mean by:
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ended up having like 3 bushings on one side of the sector gear, one on the spur, and 1 on the bevel.
Did you mean shims instead of bushings? otherwise it does not make sense.

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Sometimes the gears don't fit perfectly in your gearbox, which results in the sidewalls of the gears hitting and turning the sector gear diagonally, thus causing it to lock
Looks like it is the problem that I have, so how do I fix it?
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