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Re: Press Fit

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Even on a drive train with #25 chain?
Yup.

For the last three seasons, all the sheet metal parts on 228's robots have never had actual press fit bearing holes, simply because that would cause our sponsor to have to swap out a standard size die (0.875") for the less common press fit size in the turret punch.

We've dealt with this two ways: 1) use flanged bearings, stepped shafts and Delrin spacers to keep everything captured, and 2) put some Loctite around the outside of the bearing when inserting it the first time.

For a FRC robot that will literally only see tens of hours of operation, this works just fine.
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