I have another problem other than breaking input shafts. My rear planetary gear set is digging the thrust washer into the rear sun gear. I'm providing pictures so you can see the damage. I read a thread somewhere that Simon would sell modified sungears and a Torrington thrust bearing. I contacted him awhile ago about this and he hasn't gotten back with me. So I decided to source out the bearings and now I just need to gain access to or buy my own lathe so I can fit the Torrington thrust bearing in-between the planetary gears and the sun gear. Anybody else come across this problem? Anybody else do this? Any thoughts on this?

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