Thread: FP Shaft Coupling Method?
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Re: FP Shaft Coupling Method?
In previous years, we've taken a piece of PVC with the correct outside Diameter to fit inside of the octagon on the FP Transmission and then shot a bolt through both the Transmission Output and PVC. It worked well enough for our conveyor systems, but I'd be a bit worried about using the PVC method on anything more than that.

I know some teams have used modified the cases to accept a 3/8's Hex Shaft on the second stage. This seems to work pretty well too.
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