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Re: pic: Spectrum Fall 2013 Drivetrain

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Originally Posted by IndySam View Post
I love more and more teams doing all gear driven drives.

I would suggest that you be sure and make a cover for those trans servicing holes. The small fittings on those cylinders are very fragile and are easily broken by stuff that may end up on the field.
Very good idea, I'll look into this. Thanks

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As things currently stand, you have to be careful when bolting gears onto Versawheels with bearings pressed in, as the boss around the bore on gears prevents the face with the versa pattern from being flush with the wheel hub. We laser cut an .063" spacer with the versa pattern to take up the space and make sure overzealous students don't crush the bearing while bolting the gear to the wheel.
That's one of the reasons I was looking at drilling out the gears, it will make it possible to use the same length spacers for idler gears and the drive gears on the inner sides of this assembly.
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