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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
Crushing from impact (and to a lesser extent parallelogramming) are really a result of poor design in this era of mandatory bumpers.
We've never crushed in our 1/16" wall with some brutal impacts while using bumpers. Without bumpers, the exposed corners often get smashed badly, but just the corner and it's purely a cosmetic issue. If we ran without bumpers, we'd beef it up. However, we know we're using bumpers and take advantage of it.
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I was thinking more about the bearing for the middle wheel and gearbox.
if you are using flange bearings (which you have to with walls that thing) and take a hard side hit, have you ever had problems with the flange punching into the tube wall?
adding a bearing block, with holes rather than slots, could help to minimize the risk of this happening.