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Re: pic: 3CIM Shifter Idea

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Originally Posted by Jared View Post
We also found it really helpful to have our center wheel's shaft be 3/8" steel hex (we did support this slightly smaller than usual shaft on both sides of the wheel) then weld a hex sleeve onto our output shaft so our gearbox can just slide in and out of the robot. We only have to undo two bolts to pull our gearbox out.
Now there's a good idea; I had been struggling to come up with good ways of allowing for easy removal of the center wheel in a sheet metal 6WD setup (which is ideally what we'd be using this in).
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