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Is 8860 2 or 3 speed?
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lugnet.build
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Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:03:56 GMT
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I was building 8860 Auto Chassis today:
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=8860
and I noticed that the set looks like it was designed for three speeds
rather than two. The instructions put a plate on the gearbox that
limits the available gears to two. I noticed that the gears kept
jamming when I tried to free this third speed. What I want to know is
whether this is a design flaw that was just covered-up by making this
third speed unavailable or whether this car really was never meant to
have three speeds.
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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 | | Re: Is 8860 2 or 3 speed?
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| (...) The gearbox has three ratios, but the plates around the stick shift only enable two at once. Two ratios are enabled with the "default" construction, while a different pair of two ratios is enabled when the 960 motor is added. This makes it (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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