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Re: pic: Team 3266 CAD project

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Originally Posted by akoscielski3 View Post
I have to say that I do not like how the bearing block's are set up though. Because they are sitting on the top of the lower Brace all your wight from your robot will be on two bolts. If you had them on top then the weight would be on the brace. Another option is to make plates to put on either side of the wheel. Bolt the plates to the top and bottom braces and the axles bolted to the plates.

Good Luck!!
It'd be more like ten bolts, each of which could easily hold the ~15 pounds of force on them (based on a 150lb robot with even weight distribution).
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