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Re: Help Identifying part

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Originally Posted by CENTURION View Post
As others have said, those are lazy susans. I would be hesitant to use them in a swerve drive. If you put any significant side load on them (Which can happen very easily on the field), I've seen the bottom and top halves of them pull apart and warp, which ruins them very quickly.
After doing some research and designing, we probably will not use lazy susans for the reason you said. We do however have a possible solution for the piece pictured above.

Although it will definitely not be as eloquent as Neutrio's swerve drive.