you could probably make an adapter for it although then it would have an incredibly long shaft. kenny could probably adapt the shaft on his cnc lathe for you although might be a little pricy
Is there no way I could remove the shaft from both boxes and just swap them?
i dunno, try it and see.
OK
They appear to be Fracmo G30 gearboxes and the new gearboxes appear to have a bigger diameter adaptor extension shaft added to the std 15mm? dia shaft.
The gearboxes come in 6 different ratio's 10-1 15-1 20-1 25-1 30-1 and 35-1
So .... unless the ratios match it may be impossible to swap shafts and or gears.
http://pdf.directindustry.com/pdf/fracm ... 35599.html
Without having them in my hand it's difficult to suggest a course of action..
in that case it may be possible to remove the larger shaft. not sure how though as i've only ever opened the gearboxes for greasing.
Sorry Woody I should have posted more of what I know about these gearboxes and motors. From what I can see, you are right with your assumption, they are G30 gearboxes and appear to have an adaptor added on to the shaft. As for the silver motors, I have no idea what make they are.
I am hoping it was an extension shaft that had been added, as you can see it is considerably longer than the silver gearbox shaft, and also wider, by eye probably 30mm. It fits the wheels Jonny provided me with, the wheel simply slides on and then a screw fits the end of the shaft, which would also make me think that it can be removed to bring it back to the standard part that is described by the spec sheet Woody listed. The wheels are (annoyingly) just too big to fit in the wheel hubs on Scar, and so this causes the problem
Is there any additional photos or information I could provide that could help?
Many thanks for all your help so far guys.
Here is one that may help, I hope.
I found that there is something that the extra section of shaft could be removed, looks like a nut of some sort.
The nut i'm talking about is the bottom silver one in the picture, it turns when the shaft does but nothing at the motor side does.
I'm hoping that could be what removes these extra section of shaft, does that sound plausible?
With a bit of luck it's a lock nut and once undone you'll be able to unscrew the adapter shaft.
I suspect the b!oody thing is loctited on...application of heat may help in it's removal.
I hope it is too. I'll give that a try tomorrow and see how that goes. I'll try to get a shot of something to heat it up with if I cant undo it any other way.
Motor 1 is a success! I am assuming it was an aftermarket part put on specifically for those wheels. I was messing about trying to unscrew that nut I mentioned earlier, but the one I had left in the garage only had a round disc in its place, I then discovered that everything about that (with a bit of brute force) could be pulled off and under that revealed a pin. After hammering that out the larger shaft simply (again, brute force) pulled off revealing the standard shaft underneath. Motor 2 is proving to be a bit tricker as I cant get the first bit to pull off, but will keep trying and i'm sure it will come.
A wee photo to illustrate what I am talking about. Hopefully if anyone else has this problem in future this can help them at least a bit.
Cheers for your help guys!
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