Thread: Piston grinding
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Old February 2nd, 2009, 22:50   #12
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It's possible that the extra bushings and all are squeezing the gears and preventing them from spinning as fast as they could. To test fit and action of the gears, install the gears, but not the spring, piston, and cylinder. Close up the mechbox and reassemble it with all screws properly tightened and see how easy the gears are to turn. They should turn freely with next to no resistance. If they don't turn freely, they're too tight. I had this issue with a set of Modify modular gears, but for me it was an incorrectly seated bushing that was causing the extra pressure and it was causing my gearbox to lock up.
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Originally Posted by damage View Post
If that was the way the spring was installed and its wrong.
+1. Just say that. With irregular pitch springs, the compressed end always goes in the spring guide and the other end in the piston.
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