Voodoo ended the recent London run with a nasty crunching noise coming from the gearbox....so it was not a surprise to find bits of broken plastic in the gearbox when I took it apart earlier today
Although it is disappointing to see another gearbox fail, at least I know what the problem was and have now replaced the gearbox.
It is also further proof that our decision not to continue with 24v kits was the right choice to make, even though the motors cope really well.
Despite advice given elsewhere, from experience I would say that the gearboxes are simply not strong enough to cope with the extra oomph
This particular gearbox lasted on Voodoo for 2 years, having been used on all the 2007,2008 and 2009 meetings and a few laps around race tracks at Bruntingthorpe and Brooklands, plus the Welsh Autofest run. I don't know of any other 24v c5 that has been used more than Voodoo - so I feel it's had a proper road test & I've had my monies worth