Thread: Swerve Drive
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Unread 23-11-2011, 01:08
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Re: Swerve Drive

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Originally Posted by Aren_Hill View Post

Dr. Joe,

I've used bevel gears 3 times in competition and have never had a problem with them, in the above pictured setup we only had issues with the utterly ridiculous chain runs.
I concede. Those chains DO worry me more than those bevel gears! But that doesn't mean I am not worried about the bevel gears ;-)


FYI what pitch are those bad dads and where do you get them/make them?

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