Steve,

The shaft is drilled with an outlet in the sun gear producing a jet of oil onto the planetary gears.  This is how it was designed and produced by Ford.  I did not want to change this part of the design.

Steve Boese



> On May 23, 2021, at 11:49 PM, Stephen Izett stephen.izett@gmail.com <flyrotary@lancaironline.net> wrote:
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> Hi Steve.
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> How does that quantity of oil get to the planetary set, is the shaft drilled?
> Reducing this path wasn’t an option? Just easiest to enlarge the drain and keep the flow for cooling?
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> Thanks very much Steve.
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> Steve I