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Old 01-18-2009, 03:57 PM
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Default RE: Teeth on my spur gear broke off.

If it doesn't have any play (make a little noise) it will burn up. The meshing of tight gears will create even more heat than them just pushing against each other. Hence the demize of gears close at hand. That little bit of noise is OK