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Originally Posted by brijar
Could you not just put the motor in a vice (light pressure, with rubber or rag around it to protect it), hook up the ESC and battery and have it spin the shaft slowly (1/4 throttle or so) and use a file to grind it down a bit until you can get a 5mm pinion on easily? That would be how I would do it, except I don't have any 5mm pinions  .
Brijar!!! |
That is a fantastic idea. I hadn't even considered using the motor as a lathe, itself.
I'd need some kind of measuring device or method that would ensure a true lathe, though. I guess trying to fit the pinion every so often might work...just work my way in toward the motor.
If anything, I expect to need a larger pinion. Depending on what my choices are, I am hoping I won't have to modify or fabricate anything...not that I am opposed, but wouldn't it be nice?