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In lugnet.events.brickworld, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> What you describe isn't possible due to the fact that LEGO would have to
> completely redesign and cut an existing part mold to accomodate a very
> slight change to another part mold. This simply isn't going to happen
> unless it reaches it's end-of-production lifecycle, and given that it isn't
> used very often in sets, it's not going to change anytime soon.
That would make sense, but for the fact that the worm gear is ten years older
than the gearbox that you cited. The only reason that the worm gear had to be
made a tiny bit less than 2 studs long was so that when you put it between two
TECHNIC bricks, it won't bind. Basically, the only two options were to make it
slightly less than 2-studs long with flat ends (thus allowing one gear to
smoothly transition into another), or to make it exactly 2-studs long with a
little flange like the one on the 12-tooth gear (thus allowing you to stack them
without screwing up the total length, but possibly creating issues with
transitioning from one worm gear to another).
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