Hey guys, I again ran the pershing in about two inches of snow, it ran great for the first ten minutes; then the left side was jerky while driving along. So I stopped the thing, and the left side wouldn't engage until I moved the track some, dead giveaway of a gear stripped of a few teeth. I dont get why this happened, its a metal gearbox, it was broken in properly with the toothpaste trick, why would it strip so soon? So, now I need a new transmission, would replacing them with steel versions in any way improve this thing? Do you need to break in the steel gears with toothpaste as well? And what about the motors that come with the steel gears, will the tank have the same amount of torque as it does with the whitecaps/steel combo?
This pic shows the stripped section of one of the transmission gears.