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Eerie. Effin eerie. I've got to get a picture of those two together. It'll be the spot the difference puzzle in the next FRA newsletter.
Haha, can you send me a picture? My memory of Kaizer is black HDPE and low forks, or has it changed?Quote:
Originally Posted by psychostorm
Kaizer is flat pack ATM for the installation of Gimsons & new batteries. I'll post side by side pics when I can.
Outside has changed very little except the forks are now off the floor, about half way up the front, to give the new actuator better leverage.
With thanks to Dave Weston BTW for whom this upgrade couldn't have happened without.
The Gimson stuff has arrived! I'm very surprised at how quickly, too. The packaging was almost impenetrable, all parts bubble wrapped nicely. Impressed!
So now begins the make-a-massive-mess-on-the-dining-table-fest-2013 which is taking apart everything and putting it all back together cleaner, and with these new gearboxes and motors sorted. Assuming no catastrophes there should be a drive video by the end of the day.
That said until I get my hands on a completed gearbox I'm unsure what the game is in terms of additional spacers. The gears are quite a bit slimmer, that slack must be taken up somewhere. Does the addition of nylon/metal washers on the Gimson site also apply to drill gearboxes, or just the GR02? If anyone with experience can let me know, I'd be grateful. I'll go and make a dummy gearbox up and make my own analysis.
Feels good to have something hearty to do on the machine, feels a bit like doing 4 organ transplants back to back.
Depends on what ratio your're running, the 1:36 needs two copper washers, the 1:24 needs one copper and one nylon.... Just assembled mine :lol:
For your drill gearbox I think you'll have to do it by trial and error tho
Ewan placed all the info on his webshop
Hold up, the GR2ms need washers for what?
Because the 1:24 1st stage gears are shallower than their 1:36 counterparts.
6mm (1:36) vs 5.3mm (1.24)
If you keep the 1:24 washers you'll bind the gearbox!
Look here:
http://www.gimsonrobotics.co.uk/spare-p ... _GR02.html
Of course, you don't need/can't place spacers in drill gearboxes. The groove cut for the circlip dictates the position of the shaft in and out, so it's fine. The gears tower up to the same height as the factory gears anyway, so we shouldn't have to do anything more advanced than replacing the gears and motor.
With that said I have made one up and have run it in for 5-10mins in both directions on 12 volts to run it in. The motor is as smooth as smooth, and the gearbox sounds smooth, but it seems to get warm after a while. I don't think I ever felt to see if gearboxes get warm at 36:1, but this is quite a lot of heat, enough to worry me a bit. The gearbox has completely fresh insides so there are no bits of grit or anything. It does this bizarre buzzing sound for a moment or two every 5-6 seconds, too. No idea what it is. It's regular enough to be able to predict when it happens.
Bit confused. I can't put them together any other way so I'm gonna run with it. They'll never be running in this fashion in combat and I'll check the others, but it pulls less than 2 amps at 12v, so I don't think the gearbox is holding it back.
Will keep this updated.
Tormenta 2's looking sweet Ellis :)