Don't forget the laygear shafts; they wear at the ends due to the side
loads. Hopefully, the 'uprated' DWM shaft I just installed holds up.
ps. The only laygears I've seen advertised were 'rebuilt'--i.e. welded
together--is there a source now for new laygears?
bs
On 3/4/2020 9:15 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> One consideration regarding the use of 1st gear is the durability of
> said gear. With a count of only 13 the straight cut teeth on the
> laygear tend to wear very quickly when subjected to any sort of load.
> Although laygears and 1st gears are available rebuilding a gearbox is
> not an inexpensive exercise so starting off gently in 2nd gear is
> HIGHLY recommended.
>
> M
>
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