[Thad House]

After looking at that one groove, it was actually machined too deeply. Normally we turn the shaft down to .44 for the groove, but that was was closer to 3/8th. Also you are right that was the eclip that held the bearing in on the wheel side of the WCD. The prototype we are building right now uses spacers with eclips on the end, which should make this less of a problem.

And I am so amazed at everyone on our team. With the broken axle, we had it fixed in about 10 minutes, once we got the spare. We ran the first 2 matches only auton and climbing, because we had to run to the school to get the spare. As for the broken wheel during the last 3 matches, Our driver made it look like nothing was wrong, which was great for a sophomore that had just joined the team.

As for next year, we are going to make sure replacing most parts can happen in 10 minutes, because it seems like there could be times were we only have that long between matches.