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Now it's time to start working on the nuts on the ends of the gear shafts. Some of these are torqued to values of 90 foot-pounds or more, so it will take a lot of force to loosen them. I've already tried it with the gearbox lying horizontally on the workbench, but the box simply rolled around when I tried to twist the nuts. So now my plan is to stand the gearbox on end and lock it down to the workbench. I've drilled one bigger hole for the input shaft to fit through, and some smaller ones for bolts. When I drop the bolts through the gearbox mounting holes and the holes in the workbench, the gearbox should stay put.