Shimming your gearbox is one of the most important things
you can do to when working on your aeg gearbox. Proper shimming allows
for easy movement of the gears while at the same time reducing the amount
of bounce that your gears experience. CAUTION: Overshimming your gearbox
will cause excessive friction and drag on your motor and battery. Undershimming
your gears can cause a bouncing action in the engagement of your gears
causing excessive wear on your gears and bushings.
REMINDER: This is only a starting point for the proper
shimming of your gearbox. Each gear may require more or less shimming.
If excessive shimming is need you may have a deformed gearbox shell.
Origianal concept comes from Airsoftplayers web site,
redrawn in autocad for clarity by 21CA.
