Why wont my windmill/water mill work in the "Better Than Wolves" mod in minecraft?

I have the windmill I have no more than three axles and a gear box connecting in between each one all the way down to the mill stone. it is not raining. There is power coming from the windmill itself but for some unknown reason it will not go through the next gear box...This has been driving me mentally insane for the past few hours because I can find no reason as to why it wont work O.o