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Old 16-01-2015
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Default Wobbly KF bearings

Considering the excellent general engineering quality of Schumacher's current range of cars, I too was very disappointed with the bearing 'lack of fit' in the KF transmission bulkheads.
I also suspect the other cars using similar parts exhibit the same problem and it is probably down to a simple tolerance decimal place error in the design!
If left as manufactured it makes correct gear meshing impossible and would probably result in the ultimate shedding a few spur gear teeth and a very inefficient transmission too.
My solution is as some have quoted here, thin cyano carefully applied to avoid contaminating the bearings, yes difficult to remove the bearings but not impossible should you need to, I fitted the optional ceramic bearings which should last for quite a while anyway.
Have any of you passed your observations onto the Schumacher engineering team? I am!
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