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Re: pic: FRC488 -- Fall Project

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
Have you thought about how you would replace the versawheels? We have run 6 competitions this year and are on to our third set. I really like them but they do ware. Overall they are still very cheap even when you add in replacement costs. If it works out that they can just drop out the bottom even when fully assembled, that would be perfect.
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Originally Posted by BrendanB View Post
With the current design, would you have to remove an entire drive assembly to remove a wheel?
You ought to be able to remove the axle bolt and drop the wheel out of the bottom. Since the idler gears on either side of the wheel should be free-spinning, I don't think there'll be any issues with sliding the gear out, but I am having some trouble visualizing that.
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