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Originally Posted by Tom Line
Yes. We destroyed probably a half dozen bearings in a non-loaded low speed application. We ended up not using that particular mechanism on the robot. However, the incidents of failure left us with a very low opinion of the current generation of hex-bearings.
Our application was single shaft non-cantilevered (supported by bearings at both ends). The bearings blew out sideways after the races cracked.
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Interesting. Were these were vexpro bearings?