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Unable to compute any steps for this animation. Unable to apply transform.

in Simulation
trying to animate a worm gear and normaly it works fine in the assembly but as soon as i try to animate it it does
Unable to compute any steps for this animation. Unable to apply transform. Instance(s) may be constrained.
how do i fix this? do i need to mate things differently or what?
https://shs.onshape.com/documents/1a3fd628cc76c5902543dbd7/w/2565bbc66fb0e6c665219951/e/caf999ea9166cbf3cc905e61?aa=true
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Assembly mates can be fragile. Usually some simple relation mates will allow you to animate.
Fyi, we can't see your document.
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