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Re: VEXPro 2014: After The Season

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Originally Posted by Trent B View Post
Neutrino remade the shaft in mild steel as well as in stainless (I think 300 series). Both still had significant wear from the balls.

We are thinking of making a hardened tool steel shaft for off seasons, but that may just transfer the wear to the gears instead of the shaft.
The solution for us was to make the shaft out of 4340 steel and harden it to 50c. Never had to change it after that.
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