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Re: pic: 4 Swerve 9 CAD (FRC 449 Swerve Drive)

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
Ah, good catch -- I assumed CIMple boxes based upon the drawing and didn't see the Toughbox Mini's in the description.

Note that sometimes the 32T flat sprockets have issues with chain interference when mounted to a AM hub. The chains sometimes touch the hub on the well-manufactured hubs, and don't fully engage the sprockets due to interference on the less-than-ideal ones. As a rule, we've done 34T as the smallest allowed size in recent years.
Yes, I forgot about that. We got away with it by turning down the hub to allow good chain engagement.
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