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Originally Posted by Ether
That could be the cause of your left-drift problem.
Have you tried putting it up on blocks and advancing the throttle slowly and observing the speed on each side? This is easy to do.
OK, but can you tell if the belt on the left side is tighter than the belt on the right side? Push1 on the belt midway between the two pulleys and see how much it deflects. The tighter the belt is, the less it will deflect.
If you want to be a little more accurate, ask around to see if anyone on your team has a fish pull-scale. Hook the scale to the belt midway between the pulleys and pull1 it. Measure how far the belt deflects for a given force.
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Yea the left side goes slower than the right side. The belt tension is tighter on the left side. We used to have the right motors hooked up to the victors on the right and the left motors hooked up to the victors on the left. We switched the hook up so the right motors were hooked up to the victors on the left and the left motors are hooked up to the victors on right. The bot still curves to the left by a bit but it isn't as drastic as it was before.