Sounds wierd on the surface, but hear me out. These things have steel gear transmissions, right? And from the factory there isn't even so much as a hint of a whiff of anything remotely in the same zip code as lubricant on those steel gears. Dry as a popcorn fart. I've taken to putting a few drops of SAE30w motor oil on each gear face as well as a drop on each end of the axles they spin on right where they're spinning. In doing so I've found my HL steel gearboxes get a LOT quieter and tend to run smoother. 'Course there's no 'floor' to the gearboxes so I can't fill a few mL in there for a more constant lube supply and any excess just pools in the hull floor somewhere near the battery tray, but even still I feel like it's doing them some favors.
Maybe one of these days I'll design and print some 'floors' for these gaerboxes that can old a little oil, some walls, roof caps, not fully sealed but good enough to keep the bulk of the oil in the gearbox.
Anyone else doin' something similar?
Maybe one of these days I'll design and print some 'floors' for these gaerboxes that can old a little oil, some walls, roof caps, not fully sealed but good enough to keep the bulk of the oil in the gearbox.
Anyone else doin' something similar?
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