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I've done 60-70km now without stripping my gears. Just checked them an hour ago. I'm starting testing again at 80v but limited to 9-10A, I've done about 5km like this but need do more.
The nylon gears have slung off much of the moly grease from the tooth faces but still look fine. I wiped off excess grease but did not pack in more as the ring gear still seemed quite well greased.
I noticed two other things:
* The piece that holds the three gears only sits flat if you carefully position and seat it flatly. Otherwise the nylon gears will sit askew from the ring gear. I don't know if it's forced into the correct position when everything is bolted down, but if it doesn't sit flat that's clearly a danger to the gears.
* Spinning the three nylon gears around the ring gear (with the motor and pinion gear out of the way) I notice that there's a 'sticky spot' in one position. I couldn't find the cause however. It could be that the ring gear is not perfectly round, the ring gear faces are rough in spots, the nylon gears are slightly deformed, or that the posts that hold the nylon gears are not perfectly equidistant in an equilateral triangle. Lots of possibilities but at any rate a 'sticky spot' could accelerate any opportunities for gear stripping.
The nylon gears have slung off much of the moly grease from the tooth faces but still look fine. I wiped off excess grease but did not pack in more as the ring gear still seemed quite well greased.
I noticed two other things:
* The piece that holds the three gears only sits flat if you carefully position and seat it flatly. Otherwise the nylon gears will sit askew from the ring gear. I don't know if it's forced into the correct position when everything is bolted down, but if it doesn't sit flat that's clearly a danger to the gears.
* Spinning the three nylon gears around the ring gear (with the motor and pinion gear out of the way) I notice that there's a 'sticky spot' in one position. I couldn't find the cause however. It could be that the ring gear is not perfectly round, the ring gear faces are rough in spots, the nylon gears are slightly deformed, or that the posts that hold the nylon gears are not perfectly equidistant in an equilateral triangle. Lots of possibilities but at any rate a 'sticky spot' could accelerate any opportunities for gear stripping.