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Re: VEXPro 2014: After The Season

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Originally Posted by R.C. View Post
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.
Yeah, I was gonna suggest they make one out of 4340 or tool steel, something that is easy to harden heavily. Makes me think of the plates we were making to hold back the gas shocks last year, I think I had some of those parts upwards of 60C.
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